America is not a place

America is not a place
for the meek
or indecisive.
At our worst,
sharing of any kind
kind
will not be tolerated
with the exception of the Red Khmer
says the hypocrite
this is a work in progress.

Irony is a remnant of the prepostmodern age:
like segregation
and bowling.
Like an affair which goes on
long past the initial spark
of something new
forbidden and West-hemisphere
has faded to orange-black embers
that will burn you
if you stay still long enough
but continues only
because married life
has traded the oranges for beige.