a small flock of sparrows
gathering around a chunk of a roll with sesame seeds
in the laundromat parking lot across the street
from the mosque in Judeo-Christian-Punjabi-Latino-
et al suburbia under patchy gray skies in July
when school is out and people are on vacation
and the society is closer to enlightened-recreational-anarchy
than at any other time of the year

My Political Party Is . . .
another beer with a RePub-lican,
a cheese sandwich with a democ-Rat,
a hike through a Northwest forest with a member of
the Green Party, doing whatever i want to do
without harming the Libertarian Party,
a buffet with The Rent Is Too Damn High Party
b/c businesses have gone out
b/c the rent is too damn high,
people have gone out into cars & onto the streets
b/c the rent is too damn high
b/c Banks R U.S. are too damn greedy
b/c their feet are disconnected
from the very Earth they bleed
b/c their souls are disconnected
from their calloused feet

My Political Party Is . . .
to party like it's 1999,
My Political Party Is . . .
Moses parting the Red Sea,
My Political Party Is . . .
the party of the first part
really caring about
the party of the second part