if there is hope
i haven't seen it
the firing squad
of pragmatists
have made the left
into senile asthmatics
and the right
into racist pricks

the talk radio is roaring
about the tax cuts for the very rich
"that shit ain't fair
but life's a bitch"
is the kind of conversation
i find myself too deep inside of
it beats cynical masturbation
but still leaves me unsatisfied

truth is a soviet illusion
to be found in a book
on some long forgotten revolution
waiting in line in hollywood