Under the patriot act, any strong arm
�of law enforcement
�has the right to enter your home covertly
�while you sleep
�while you are out
�on suspicion you might
�be hiding something under the bed
�among your boxers or thongs
�on your computer among the porn.
�
Are you patriotic?
�Do you submit lists of what you read
�to the F.B.I. without waiting to be asked?
�Do you spy on your neighbors checking
�if they play Middle Eastern music
�if they smoke other than tobacco
�if they read the wrong books—all u.s.
�right thinking people know what
�they are. If they have too much sex
�or sex of the wrong kind—all u.s.
�right thinking people know exactly
�what we mean. Do you believe
�in the separation of Church and Hate?
�Evil our President says is everywhere
�and obvious and must be invaded
�mostly by Black adolescents
�whose morality is dubious anyway
�unless they die as heroes.
�
We, your bornagain FBI
�have collected receipts from your
�restaurant meals for the past five years.
�You have ordered hummus six times,
�falafel twice and lamb four times
�which is suspect because your
�President eats only beef and ham.
�What are you planning to do with that
�sesame tahini from Stop & Slop.
�Your credit card records indicate
�you purchased 8 bags of fertilizer
�on April 11 at 17 hundred oh 8.
�You also purchased nails—
�material for anti-personnel devices.
�
You have turned off the television
�48 times while Our President spoke
�words of wisdom and Christian endeavor.
�During the State of the Union address
�you were observed on your couch
�making derogatory faces and obscene
�remarks. You have emailed quotes
�from our sacred leader miscalling
�him Shrub. You may not criticize
�the President nor his lady Laura
�nor his omniscient veep
�the great grey Cheney of oil
�nor the secretary of defense
�Our Donald whose brain shines
�bright as solid titanium
�or our Grand Master Ashcroft
�into whose perked up ears
�every men’s and women’s
�room in the country is directly
�bugged. You may be detained
�on suspicion of being suspicious
�You want to protest?
�That’s grounds enough.
�You are under arrest.
�You have no right to remain
�silent, to seek counsel
�or to defend yourself. Welcome
�to the New Inquisition.
�
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