Have You Ever Been Discharged for Not

Have you ever been discharged for not
bidding adieu to the fool with the key to the Loo
or pledging allegiance to the New World Miasma?

Have you ever been discharged for not
ignoring Mr. Chomsky when he speaks to
the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Squad about murder?

Have you ever been discharged for not
listening to Limbaugh for a day and a half
and smiling benignly at the death camp?

Have you ever been discharged for not
appealing to the Directorate
of Irredeemable Absolution?

Have you ever been discharged for not
taking it in the ass and mouth in
a whirlwind executive relationship?

Have you ever been discharged for not
whispering I love you to the FBI
or for not burning your portrait of Marx?

Have you ever been discharged for not
ignoring the atrocity of the moment
and enjoying your tax-exempt billions?

Have you ever been discharged for not
dancing the four-step with the wife
of an important crusader?

Have you ever been discharged for not
taking charge of the killing fields
in a propaganda war?

Have you ever been discharged for not
professing your love of Heidegger when
Nietzsche is your obsession?

Have you ever been discharged for not
being loyal to the laundromat employee
with the ants in his pants?

Have you ever been discharged for not
digging the scene at the Republican National
Convention and smooching with Reagan?

Have you ever been discharged for not
cutting off the head of the snake and
making it your guardian?

Have you ever been discharged for not
heeding the hysteria of any moment
whatsoever for whatever reason?

Have you ever been discharged for not
lying when your job depended on it
and your clock ran out?

Have you ever been discharged for not
adhering to the rules and regulations
of a damaged mind?

Have you ever been discharged for not
forsaking the indignation that you have
no right to feel?

Have you ever been discharged for not
expressing your love of the expedient and
malicious rumor of your banishment?

Have you?


TS