Article by Anonymous Art by Katie Patterson
Because you lack the most primordial sense:
the common one.
Because you prime law and order above all;
and everything, in its place, should fall:
immigrants on the other side of the wall,
and Bukele, Museveni, and Trump
in the presidential hall.
Because you’ve always been a tiny bit dumb —
and instead of correcting it with time and effort,
to savagery you resort.
Because you fear getting something robbed.
Perhaps your job? No worries, Bob,
a snob with a complex of God
could always stop it all.
Because the economy is sacred,
we gotta let it be.
Because the economy is awful,
we gotta intervene.
Because you don't know what economy is
but you trust it's gotta be fixed.
Because you holster your gun
every Sunday before church,
you swear Jesus would prefer
the Second Amendment to be preserved.
Because racism is a lie,
those were different times.
Because colonialism ended centuries ago,
anyone with a history book would know.
Because you’re enthused by
your daily dose of Fox News,
and different worldviews
would most likely confuse you.
Because the patriarchy is a myth,
women should get a grip.
Because childbirth disgusts you,
but abortion is an unnecessary misfortune
for women who should learn to live with more caution.
Because you suspect public health —
it’s an invention of the communist realm.
Why should you care,
if it has nothing to do with your own wealth?
Because you have the same attributes as Elon Musk—
But you weren’t struck by luck,
So you simply suck.
Because you might have a kink for tyranny
and conspiracy indistinctly.
Because you profess meritocracy
as the foundation for success —
unless affirmative action is stressed.
Because you are afraid
that society’s values will be frayed.
Because you believe ineptitude is a matter of race/gender/religion —
which is like believing in the tooth fairy
or the invisible hand.
Because you love to see
the world run by clowns.
Because deep down, you are:
antiblack, antilatino, antiasian, antiwhite,
antipurple, antigreen, antiblue —
but that’s too much.
So with all that combined,
you call yourself colorblind.