Molybdenum
Janet Kuypers
from the “ Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#035;042, Mo)
I love this country.
We should protect our rights.
Gotta love
our military-
industrial
complex.
We gotta protect ourselves —
I’ll use everything I can
to be the one on top.
I know I’ve used you,
but it was wartime,
you gotta understand.
You gave me speed,
You were light on your feet,
but stiff as a board.
When things got hot,
you stood up to anything.
and I liked flexing my muscles with you.
I know it was wartime,
but I would have
made a Japanese sword outa you,
if I coulda put you together right.
And I know, I know,
you say I need you
for all my amino acids
to keep my innerds running,
but I’m still on my war-kick here,
‘cause when it’s war time,
that’s when I need you most.
People say that war’s no good,
but I say
you’re the meaning of life.
I love the U. S. of A.,
and with you by my side,
we can shove a boot up their ass —
it’s the American way.