There Needs To Be A Second Country

there needs to be a second country

where you can go when you're

more than half worn out from

this one

where no one follows orders

since none are given

where no one's existence

must be justified by

paying bills

where there is light

where there is air where

freedom does not disguise

a thousand petty tyrannies

where no one requires

center stage just to sing

you a song

where the grass is allowed to grow

without a neighborhood watch and also,

the soul

mary angela douglas 5 august 2008