Advice from America’s Psychiatrist
Consider the source of the pathology.
Consider the first “real Americans.” The people
with beliefs so radical, they chose, or were forced to,
leave their countries and start over completely.
Consider their desire to remain superior
to the point where all they built
was on the backs of other races.
How tightly you must clutch the ideology
that brought you thousand of miles from home.
How close you must hold the part of you
that was stolen.
Fear is inherited. Dissonance is a legacy.
You are trapped in these cycles,
either savagely hunting your ghosts
or simply resurrecting them.
Consider the source.
Consider the conditions in which
you were birthed.
Consider identity theft.
Consider the preoccupation with domestic terrorism.
Consider Trayvon Martin Halloween costumes.
Consider how many kinds of real Americans there are.
You are in pieces. You are a vicious cycle.
Consider your stories.
Consider changing the ending.