Anti-war Protest

The anti-war protest
was cancelled because of rain,
so the politicians
agreed to let it go another year.

There was no demonstration
over the latest shooting
of an unarmed black man by police,
so tomorrow’s
will go ahead as planned.

The tech billionaire
sold all my personal information
to the electronic surveillance machine,
but I got to wish my old grade-school teacher
a happy birthday.

That sign in your front yard
that said all that stuff about how you’re a good person
that cost you $29.99 and was printed on corrugated plastic
and made your neighbor call you a “woke communist” to his friend
has faded from the sun.