SoMa Literary Review - Stick it to The Man

Stick it to The Man

By Bruce Machado

Vote him out of office,

If you can.

He’s the diabolical scumbag of the season

The evil genius who has mind controlled

The weather of reality

Bringing you endless Charlie Brown clouds

To darken your days.

Take what is his

Give it to the poor

To the needy

To yourself

Sell it all on a San Francisco street corner

Use the green to buy a couple of four by fours at the Depot

S’cuse me sir, where is the hammer aisle?

Crucifixion?

Hah!

Too good for him.

Go to the hardware cage instead

Charge a black and yellow nail gun

To use in a slo-mo, Tarantino drive-by

Give him the shafts,

Drive them in him

Shoot low and make ‘em hurt

Let him know how you’re feeling

Get more personal and walk up to him

Screaming into his ear while you do it

Tell him how your pain makes your righteous

Let your rage resonate with blood and spit

Put the hate back into crime

Curb his face

And cut off his balls

Hack his cock with rusty shears

Dangle it in front of him and laugh,

Laugh and laugh

Then carve your initials

Into his back with a shank

Made from a ground down stiletto heel

Lovingly, cupcake

Lovingly …

Because Daddy taught you the value

Of proper penmanship.

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Bruce Machado is a MFA student in the Writing and Consciousness Program at New College of California, San Francisco. He lives in Santa Rosa.