By J.J. Tindall
ELEGY FOR WHITE POWER
God favors us
who grieve,
for we have
loved.
Twelve angry men,
losing their cool:
people of means,
of every color,
have moralized cocaine,
just as they did
liquor during
prohibition.
Legalize it: label it,
TAX IT and let those
who need it
register
to get it.
O SHIT!!!
Couple of lines
at the Jimmy Buffet
or Stones concert,
couple of lines in the
washroom at the charity
fundraiser . . .
O SHIT!!!
Couple of lines before
going on
the air . . .
People of means
have already moralized
it. Can we
‘fess up?! Course not. Dig:
Twelve angry white
men and their
moral arrogance:
we have MONEY
so we’re GOOD.
America is the RICHEST
nation therefore it is
the best.
Sorry, fellas.
Stop the killing, eliminate
the profit motive,
admit to the single largest drug
DEMAND
in the world.
It’s a DEMAND problem,
stupid.
Legalize the goddam
motherfucker.
Ooo, don’t wanna threaten
White Moral Power.
I SUCK.
As with alcohol, people
of means have MORALIZED
cocaine, as long as their kids
only DO IT in high school
and don’t die
from the market
forces that bring it
to them.
Well, coke and Mother’s Little
Helper, of course.
O shit, I acknowledged
unsupervised suburban kids
doing their parents’ prescription
drugs because their parents
have other things on their minds,
like, their own
personal gratification!!!
I SUCK.
Grow up. Fess up.
Legalize what y’all’ve
already
moralized.
Not until YOUR white kids
in the suburbs start
dying?!
God favors us who grieve
for we have
loved White
Power.
In the name of the Father,
Son and Holy
Ghost, I hereby bury
thee.
May only God
have
mercy . . .
–
J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood’s poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.
Posted on May 1, 2008