howl #2

while sailors are put up in the motel 6
before being sent off to guard bays where
we are the invaders, terrorists, and heathen,
allen ginsberg's howl is displayed next to
howl: an anthology of the best dog wit
and a copy of faith without fanatacism,
our country's blood is drained into online questionaires,
homeland security, and helpless hippy movements,
there are cameras at every intersection
and iron clad ships of war
wait just off shore,
and bhutto's last words
the man who murdered osama bin laden
are censored by the bbc
in the name of freedom, democracy, and the american way of life,
war, wealth, bread, and circus.