bumper stickers

my son
is an honor
student at Pillsbury
high
the bumper
sticker says.
and then there
are stickers
of hockey sticks
and baseballs,
tennis rackets
and basketballs.
little silhouettes
of a family
holding hands.
boy girl mom
dad, dog.
there's a Harvard
sticker too,
and a few ribbons,
yellow and pink
for the troops
and cancer.
they have been to
the grand canyon,
and Disney world,
not to mention,
OBX and Canada.
they have covered
all of their
accomplishments
and virtues smartly
on the bumper
of their
car. they are good
people, well read,
well traveled, but you
kind of hate them
anyway.