Dear George W.

Please tell us when you're
going to drop the big one. I'll be tuned
to CNN or MSNBC. I could even buy a second set.
I won't miss a thing. It will be more grand than towers tumbling
to the ground. No people falling, though. Instead, they'll maybe
bounce into the air? Or just be running fast, their hair on fire? Will
we see them screaming? See their body parts? What will we see,
George? Will we hear their wails? What will we hear,
George? Will we feel? I don't know,
George, this will be
a television
first.
I wouldn't
miss it
for the world,
unless,
of course,
it's not
prime time,
or it
should
drop
on me
and
my
TV.

Sharon E.
Streeter
citizen in despair

From bush rage: collected verse by Sharon E. Streeter