They look at you with dead eyes
If they notice you at all
Heads down; focused on nothing
Brains scrambled, bodies slack;
Hearts broken; lacking empathy,
sympathy, human compassion:
Walk on by

They are cyborgs
Soulless drones lined up
at Starbucks and Cabela’s
To spend that money
And play that game
And buy more crap; true
wind-up toys for Jesus:
Support our troops!

They drive white cars
American made, of course:
GM, Chevy, Saturn, Ford
Never cut across the grass
Always follow the rules
Until it doesn’t suit them;
Conformists to the core
Original thought impossible:
Exceptional Americans