When We Fail to Notice the Cracks in Our Looking Glass

If you are going

to insist that 

America 

is unable 

to curb

gun violence,

unwilling to 

offer healthcare

for all,

uninterested 

in reforming 

a broken 

prison system,

and can’t be

bothered 

to get the

homeless 

into actual

fucking homes,

then please 

stop bragging

that we are 

the greatest 

country in 

a world of

countries

you could 

neither describe

nor locate 

on a map 

Written September 22, 2019