Sunday, January 30, 2011

driving and driving and driving....

in and out of suburban utopia....
the trees and cars buried beneath the CLEAN, WHITE SNOW...
There'll be no sludge on the top of the snowman today!
OH, no !
We've reached the promised land !!
Yes, indeed!
where they have laser tag and shopping malls
and charming houses with TEAL BLUE Mercedes parked outside...
and country diners and deer crossing the road...
(and I'm guessing they're all REPUBLICAN to boot!)
IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER!
and everyone is calm....albeit a tad bored...
and I guess that 'we' seem like aliens...
LEGAL ALIENS....
in our stride and circumstance...
perusing the landscape of winter's mutiple pranks and jokes (at OUR expense!)...
After all, What can be done ?
The rooster has been cackling for 48 hours...
the tea leaves are reading, "RUN!"...
and Santa has packed up his 'hidden menorah' and headed for home...
We must SUBMIT....

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