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10/4/2016, 12:37am

America

By Tyler Michael Law

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America,

Where you can stumble out of a frat house and buy a burrito

Where sick f***s from the bar next door vomit on my car

And my neighbor leaves her prescriptions lying on the porch

Where the television constantly plays ads for political candidates

Campaigning 365 days per year

As if any of them are going to actually try and fix anything

America,

Where you can go to a superstore and buy a gun

Without a background check or an ID

But I have to spend eight hours on the phone

To see a f***ing therapist

America,

Where racists and creationists run for political office

And we sit with our thumbs up our a**es

Staring blankly at their ugly faces

Sipping oil from a mug made out of a penguin

In the land where JFK and MLK were shot for spreading peace

The men who spread hate are given a free pass

America,

Where we b**** and moan about education

And how the kids in China have better scores

But if we lift a finger to help the schools

Someone screams about their taxes

And their 30 god**** cents from their paycheck

To help someone else

Then when you ask them if gays can marry

They say “god would be angry”

So America,

F*** you and your patriotism

Your insane political parties

Your excessive personality

And your lack of responsibility

Sincerely,

A Concerned Citizen 

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