Who?
What? Where? Why?
Who am
I?
What
type of person do I want to become?
Where
do I look for answers?
Why do
I harbor these feelings?
Which
decision should I make?
What if
I'm not good enough?
Where
would I run to?
Why am
I so confused?
Who am
I to ask these questions?
Because
the Media Says So
I'm
fat, because the media says so.
I'm
ugly, because the media says so.
I'm not
perfect, because the media says so.
I have
to buy these, because the media says so.
I have
to buy those, because the media says so.
Rape is
okay, because the media says so.
Violence
is okay, because the media says so.
Murder
is okay, because the media says so.
Blah,
blah, blah, because the media says so.
Dear
TV,
Dear
TV,
Desensitize
me.
Glorify
falsified truths.
Let us
sip your dripping cup of
Tainted
information.
Two
teaspoons of propaganda,
Please.
Advertise
materialism,
Sell
our morals for our greed.
Disregard
the wealth of individuality.
Turn
off the life of a soldier
By the
trigger of a controller.
Manipulate
and weaponize fear.
With a
slight chance of rain,
Come
and cleanse a sinful conscience.
*Please
stand by…
Brainwash.
Rinse.
&
Repeat.
Maricar
is about to graduate from high school. She has quite a way with words.
These three pieces are part of a larger cycle written in response to her
experience attending a performance of "Green Day's American
Idiot." At university, Maricar will prepare to enter the medical
professions. I am honored to have worked with her. Thank you, Maricar.
