unregistering to vote

i go down to the county

voter

registration

office to unregister

to vote.

i'm done

with it i tell the nice

lady at the desk

who reminds me

of Flannery O'Connor,

with the same

exact accent from the deep

deep

syrupy south.

now why on earth would

you want to do

a fool thing like

that, silly boy, she says.

i've never heard of such

a thing.

unregistering to vote,

that's just plum crazy.

who in the ham sandwich

put a notion

like that into your pretty

little empty head.

my great great grandfather

fought in the civil

war trying to protect us from

the northern aggression,

unfortunately we lost, but

he was a true

patriot of the south. so,

i refuse to assist you in

undermining the nature

of our democracy.

obviously you never

heard of the constitution,

or the bill of rights,

or the declaration

of independence?

have you, look at me when

i'm talking to you.

take your eyes off that young

lady walking by.

i can see the sin in you

from a mile away.

i do believe our education system

has failed us

when it comes to boys like you

from the north.

now skedaddle on out of

here before i call your

poor mother up, and she comes

down here to give

you a righteous whupping.