Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Lullabye Nation

In the race for mayor,
our level of stupidity
has sunk to a new low.
A newspaper just put out an article
entitled, “get to know your Mayoral Candidates,”
and then proceeded to ask them point blank questions
such as “Where they eat breakfast, lunch and dinner?”
and who their favorite musical artist is.
The answers for eateries ranged from Noshville (a deli in Nashville)
to McDonald’s,
and for artists the answers were
Ryan Adams and Aerosmith.
There wasn’t a single question about
party affiliation,
personal finances,
positions in regard to pollution, transportation, crime
and education,
nor were there any questions about their plans for the city,
just, “where do you eat?”
Who cares!
I don’t understand what’s happening to us as a people
or as a country.
We are picking our leaders based on whether or not
they eat at McDonalds or dye their hair.
It feels like elections for class president in Junior High.
How cute is he or she?
What kind of clothes do they were?
How much money does their father make?
Do they have zits or not?
Are they on the football team?
We are quickly becoming a nation of pacified morons
who care more about game shows and “reality” t.v.
than we do about what is happening to our country.
The worst part is our press and our current leaders
are happy to keep lulling us to sleep.