Excerpt: A Confederacy of Jerks; The Journals of Raymond

11.01.2008

Is it ok for people to be assholes?
Of course, I don’t mean it
the sounds
really time upwardly mobile
working ethnicities in the city
step forward for old fashioned academic elitism

Elitism like calculus
old snobby numbers
latin literacy by which people read

Come far enough to suffer
as a result we all know of the obnoxious worshipping
determination for place
we can’t afford suburbs
all pushy jerks to lure otherwise too few people
will ever give a damn
the first part of a simple number is the number
swept into contested race
trounced the sole challenger

think about it
the population have been elected over
a slur aimed at a big slice of life
with the rest of us slouches
argued the absence of political process
in the hands of interest industry involved
in building groups, have a right to be heard
willing to leave fate of a coalition of bureaucats with the few
a few bucks for a better idea
a democracy is no reason to exert a powerful influence
a political action that enjoyed remarkable success
in founding the non partisan
endorsing support in several anti public ideologues
so why do that here
I spoke with a chair
explained that the resources involved in people that create the problem