A open letter to Obama
and any one else that is listening
Look, I am not a scholar,
or a brain surgeon
I can barely walk and chew gum
At the same time
But I am student of history
No that’s not right
I am a people watcher
And some times I like to watch groups
Now look Mr.,.Pres
Between you and me,
this cool demeanor and all of that is cool
That’s what brothers
always do
Put on the game face
Get the walk down pat
Look a bit aloof
Until they call us arrogant
You have gotten these parts of America
real real scared
I know you think that you might be able to escape
the crazies by hiding behind the wall
the people that choked on their tuna sandwiches and Twinkie’s
when you were elected
yes you can tell I am from the metro area
we don’t eat that stuff
anyway
Your mask of post racial what ever
Is now cracked
They threw it up against the wall
Used it as a gauntlet
To throw down on you
Ok I know you have to show them
that you as a man of color are at least as
bright
did I say that damn didn’t we just have Bush
where was I
Ok you are really really bright
But that’s not
all of what
we need right now
You have hired the best minds in the world
To hash out the details
and fix this mess we call America
We need you out in the field
Drop health care for a week or so
Ok don’t drop it
but hold some large meeting’s
on college campuses
Hold some meetings in the hood
Get to new York
Where we read books
And things
And don’t believe every thing on
Any news channel
And call up your own army
Only you can do this
Drop the cool for a minute
And fire up the folks that elected you
Call in Al sharpton to give you some tips
Fire them up
Drop health care for a minute
Speak of fairness
And of helping others
You are framing this discussion
in the wrong way
Falling prey to the fridge elements
I should say the used to be fridge elements
of the republican party
They are no longer friend
they are its voice
Call up all of those old ladies and men ,
who walked and stood in lines
To vote for you
forever
Tell them you need them
In the field
Remember what I told you
when you first got elected
Obama is a movement
Bigger than you
Get on the internet
Ok
you need some Karl rove
shit
Get some college kids
To send out invites to town halls
Let them confront these fools
You got white folks real scared
Socialism
Communism
America changing into Russia
These are code words
When these crazy birthers
look on the news
They see a black face
When they walk out side
they see
Brown faces speaking other languages
They see woman in positions of power
One will probably be the next president
This scares them
This fucks up their
fly fishing
They see their hold
On America slipping
They see their image
Failing
Their white Christ with blond locks
Turning into a darky
They are already at war with you
America has shown in the past
That It will do some stuff
That damages the soul
With out a bat of a eye
They are covering blankets again
with small pocks
Already and passing them out
On fox news
And on the radio
They got Orson Welles doing the war of the worlds
On you
Got people running and hiding in the woods
Where they keep their sheets and guns
Yup they are passing out media blankets
More deadly than those that used to be
Distributed on horse back
This virus is now spread by right wing web site’s
And senor centers
Veteran homes
And the good ole nights of Columbus halls
They are using the elderly
and the bitter
To pass them out
Amongst those
that they think
are taking away their country
I think of Rome
Rome was a dream
As they said at the end of the Movie “gladiator”
See I told you I wasn’t a brain surgeon
But
Obama is dream
Like Rome
And you got rouge
Cesar’s at your gate
So Mr. President
And you know
I will be one of the first ones to sign on
After my new York friends of course
So
Give us a task
Call up your sleepers
ward off the evil
that is growing in the bowels of America
Now I was wrong about you getting elected
You did that
Got that
Owned that
But I am not wrong
about this post racial stuff
being non sense
These folks want revenge
They want America
back to
Mayberry and Opie
And Aunt Bea
And their assault rifles
And credit cards
There is so much anger
now
over the economy
middle America is not going crazy
alone
the rest of the country
all of the country is hurting
you have to give the not so ignorant masses
some thing to hold on to
you have to mesmerize the country
why your generals fix it
understand
In the hood
they are killing each other at a alarming rate
more than usual
There is a anger here too
That is seething under the surface
Use that anger
Call it up
Befriend it
and make a army
Other wise
I don’t know why
others cant see that
this country
is Getting ready to be torn apart
it was torn apart when you were elected
cant you see that
no
It wont be a race war
But a thought war
And lets be honest
I am not talking about all of America Being evil
we know that is a lie
This is a small percentage of America
And the shit hits the fan
My liberal brothers and sisters
Will be the first ones on the front line
Behind old black woman of course
Ok so Mr. pres
Get out there
Get some church in you
Call it up
Call it up
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