Dubya Krueger

It dropped so low
in my regard
but yet

it still remains
my country.
I hope

it comes out
of the Dark Ages,
the Black Death

of conservatism
that grips it,
and forces it

in the wrong direction,
away from freedom,
away from

the bill of rights,
away from
the dream

replaced by this nightmare
on Elm Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue.