poem of the day 09.25.09

plastic revolts
- for the seeds of protest everywhere

mommy and daddy gave us too much
of everything growing up
and it’s time to revolt
so come on
and rise up against the swimming pools
in our backyards
rise up against the cars they bought us
at sixteen
the ones we wrecked at seventeen
rise up against those replacement cars
they bought us after graduation.

come on
and rise up against our manicured mall life
rise up against the coddling government
rise up against the green grass and blue skies
of the mcmansion developments of our youth

come on
and rise up against the college debt
we’ll never have
rise up against the cell phone bills
we’ll never pay
rise up against the credit card charges
we’ll never see
and rise up against the professors
mommy and daddy are paying off

come on
and rise up for the six o’clock news
let’s break some windows and rise up
against the eleven o’clock news
rise up because these photos are going on my
facebook page
rise up because this video is going on youtube
rise up because this line will be posted on twitter
and my blog

come on
because this is our time
our plastic revolt
done for everyone who doesn’t have a voice
smash an atm machine
and lay their cause in the mud
turn that park into a battle zone
and lay their cause in the mud
huff that tear gas like a designer drug
and lay their cause in the mud

come on
and rise up, us, the monotonous and dull
the hedge fund offspring
and the digital deluge
let’s lay their cause in the mud
and then let’s swim like pigs
in it
let’s swim in the thick, brown shit
like privileged little swine
and let’s hope that mommy and daddy
are at home watching us
soak up the airtime and the minutes
all fifteen of them
if even that many.