poem of the day 12.03.15

iceland

iceland  has a near perfect literacy rate

i’m willing to bet the murder rate

is pretty low there as well

i’d like to visit iceland one day

go to reykjavik and eat some hangikjot

visit bobby fischer’s grave

take a car trip to places

where you can see every color reflected in the ice

in america more people got shot today

fourteen are already dead

some say we haven’t gone a week here

without a mass shooting

some others say it hasn’t been a day

that doesn’t even count the cop killings

and domestic assaults

one wonders what the president will say

one wonders what’s left but for him to say nothing

go home

hug his wife

hug his kids

lock the white house doors

and wait for his term to end

but even that won’t get him away from the madness

i wonder if iceland has any mass shootings in their history

or does a near perfect literacy rate

deter one from opening fire

i think i’d like to move to iceland sight unseen

or maybe retire there one day

leave the bloodshed and murder of america behind

but i don’t know

if i’ll ever get there

we’ve had more mass shootings than days here this year

380 people have already died

chances are good

that before i get to iceland

i’ll probably get gunned down by some patriot

or madman

like i’m nothing but a lame horse

roasting in the hot nevada sun.