it's the end of the world, oh my

i see my

neighbor sitting on her porch crying.

what's wrong

i ask her.

what's the matter.

everything,

she says,

have you read the big bill that was

just passed

in congress.

it's the end of the world

as we know it.

children

will die in the streets,

old people,

young people,

people of color, even the whites.

they have taken away

all our rights,

we'll be shipped off into

concentration camps

surrounded by alligators

and pythons.

no longer

will we have 

access to food or air,

or water,

let alone blue hair dye.

oh my,

i tell her.

do you have a copy of the bill?

i'd like to read it.

no, she says,

wiping her eyes with her

rainbow flag.

but i heard about it on CNN,

MSNBC,

ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, PBS

and online.

they are all telling the truth,

right?

why would they lie?

those other 80 million people

who love it can't be

right, right?