Back to the USA
Another nowhere town With a string of nowhere malls Could be Dayton, Sacramento Cedar Rapids or Sioux Falls What's the difference? Same old shopping Same old Big Boy, Home Depot Toys 'R Us and Circuit City Pizza Hut and food to go The motel room, same old carpet Patterned to conceal the stains Complimentary tea or coffee Could be either, tastes the same Same old wake-up call recorded Cheerio voice to start the day Followed by the same old breakfast Plastic cereals, bread like clay Eaten while the same old sound bites Stir the air with gusts of news Blasts of ads and blasts of music And the same words over-used "How'ya doin? Ya-da, ya-da Have a nice one. Come Again." Wish I could, but I have changed and Here’s not what it was back then Oh, America I loved you, Love you still but I can't stay. Gone too long and seen too much To fit into the USA.
April 2006 First published in Cyclamens and Swords, November 2008 |