"To John Dillinger and hope he is still alive.
Thanksgiving Day, November 28 1986"
Thanks for the wild turkey and
The pa**enger pigeons, destined
To be shat out through wholesome
American guts.
Thanks for a continent to despoil
And poison.
Thanks for Indians to provide a
Modicum of challenge and
Danger.
Thanks for vast herds of bison to
k** and skin leaving the
Carca**es to rot.
Thanks for bounties on wolves
And coyotes.
Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until
The bare lies shine through.
Thanks for the KKK.
For n******g-k**ing lawmen,
Feeling their notches.
For decent church-going women,
With their mean, pinched, bitter,
Evil faces.
Thanks for "k** a Queer for
Christ" stickers.
Thanks for laboratory AIDS.
Thanks for Prohibition and the
War against d**.
Thanks for a country where
Nobody's allowed to mind their
own business.
Thanks for a nation of finks.
Yes, thanks for all the
Memories-- all right let's see
Your arms!
You always were a headache and
You always were a bore.
Thanks for the last and greatest
Betrayal of the last and greatest
Of human dreams.