American Activist

“I don’t want to hear about blood and guts; I’m clean-white inside, like a potato,” Thus she dismissed her true anatomy In favor of conceptual notion. Remembering this while I watch the news, I think maybe I too favor notion Avoiding the focus on blood and guts – The country is at war, but I’m at peace I don’t want to dwell on inner workings -- the lies and deals and cheats of government, the crimes and atrocities of commerce, the injustices and world tragedies. A blue-eyed redneck, all clean-white inside, I veg on the couch like a potato.