dead air

the freedom of being
the people we are,
slowly being ripped
from our not so iron

grip. ultra-conservative
personas overflowing this
gigantic melting pot
of a nation that we call

home. too much apathy
from the left wing liberals
while the right wing
crazies seize control

of your entire future,
soon to be a lack of.
proposals to amend,
guised as a well-placed

banana peel. surely leading
to a treacherous slide
down a nasty slippery slope.
how many years will

pass before we're
no longer in control
of our own destiny?
can only close our eyes,

hoping that a nation,
democratic, thinly veiled
as such, will awaken to
the reality that rights

are meant to be given
and not taken away. it's
difficult to imagine
a regime so repulsive

as to cut the cord
on the bill of rights.
still...shepherded in
that direction we are

bound to be shorn of
every single dream
that we can conceive.
stop hitting the snooze

button! it's already
getting bad. how can a
people so fast-paced,
not see the urgency?