PROGRAMMED
We have been programmed to hate
everybody
the mailman the minorities
even the people who wear jeans
and have flowers in their ears
I don't know why we hate
everything or don't know much
about history
but it's still staring at you
the way a man stares at his
beautiful wife
ignorant of life as it
passes you by
ignorant of anything you
chose not to see
like when someone loves
you we don't know why
and when someone hates you
everyone tells you everything
about the hate and when and why
love isn't catching it is like
dandelion
fluff that catches on the breeze
and sometimes you don't know anything
about the people who love you
but you wish you did.
Because that's what makes the world
go round not cars or even the depths
of space
which is dark and round as your heart.
