Ever feel like you are standing on a corner,
with a thousand people – waiting for a bus,
that everyone knows will not come,
but nobody cares,
cuz they have their Timbits – and Starbucks Coffee.
Is it just me – or is this country dying,
one low fat latte – at a time?
Is this my country – where caring is dead,
when you tell people about healthy food,
they say ‘Send it to Africa – where they give a shit!’,
where cross-border shopping is the new ‘Buy Local’
and our ‘brothers’ to the south exclude us,
from even the most basic service,
but love our consumers,
with their funny coloured money,
and no gripe attitude.
Maybe it’s me – not you,
that doesn’t get the new world,
or thought we could do better,
I tried – for both of us,
my shoulders hurt from the punches,
and shiners are fogging my vision,
so maybe I should just sit back – and enjoy my latte,
and whine,

like ewe…

2011