Downturn

Upon applying for college, I was really stressed out with the money situation..especially since I assumed I would be out of state. Everything is so expensive and in this economy and with our government at the time (Bush Administration)...it's like we have nothing..no privacy, no money, no nothing. So from this came the poem Downturn.

This fixed income is not enough to live on

in this country. Each child

is just a liability,

a painted tax.

The letter arrives in shreds,

Not to my surprise.

The envelope has lost its’ seal

and it’s obvious what is ours

is not a secret anymore.

The wires have tapped straight through to our brains,

performing the paranormal,

reading our every thought,

I wonder if they find our trivial gossip

worth the ears of the FBI.

I’m almost certain I’m the bomb,

ticking and exact.

I’m round as a zero,

but lacking a few decimal places.

Maybe they’ll come after me,

pilfer my house, family, and college tuition.

In the night now, I can only write by candle-light,

but the truth is, I can’t adapt

Obviously though, we have adapted to this, though our living isn't comfortable. Hopefully we find a way out of this soon. I put my trust in Obama. Hopefully at the end of these next four years, we'll see the light.