Bruise

E-legan t, ve-ry, ve......... .......ry, v-ery strait teeth,
^^^^^^t-........his is -how you k no...w he-'s a politician,
^^^^^^^^^^^-wor...ds pu-rl into the au...dien-ces, into the
^^^^^^^^^^^c-ame..ra , e-xplaining t hat,...Am-ericans, like
^^^^^^^^^^^a-ny ot.he r -human set i n o...ne p-lace, alone,
^^^^^^^^to-o lon..g.. . -ar searchin for some-thing lost...
^^^^^^^^^^Bab-ies d....ie -when not gi. ven love-, Americans
^^^^^^^^are s-o wr...ap -ped in me, ... me, me -ethics, with
^^^^^^^copin-g me..ch -anisms in...... ... black- and white,
^^^^witho-ut se.ein- g diversity.... ....... as -a blessing.
^^Bloate-d boo-b- oo, and app... ............-...le pie... !
^^Americ-ans, bab- y, like all hu ma.......-.............ns,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^crave o-ne anot-h er, crave community,.........
crave fa-mil-y, th- ese famil-ies are bro-.......ken,$$$$$$$
because- they are- built wrong, alas, th.-..e poet$$$$$$$$$$
has injec-ted a sta-t ement of opi nion th-at is off$$$$$$$$
the topic-, but not- r eallyWeneed yes, in- italics,$$$$$$$$
need sma-ler com-mu nities, univs l healt-h care,$$$$$$$$$$$
homes for- every1-or a t least land f or eve-ryone$$$$$$$$$$
to make a -choice,- men tal health se rvces,- food$$$$$$$$$$
AIDs preve-ntion! -Canc er research.. .. Am-erica$$$$$$$$$$$
is dying, on- top of -the w orld, a......... nd ki-lling$$$$
off its enem-ies wit-hout k no............... wing -who$$$$$
or why they- are fig-hting .. ................... anym-ore$$
than before -they st-arte....... ............. .......d-. It
takes a more- tactic-............... ............ .... th-an
this... to deci-de.......-..... ................... .. wh-at
is OK to sacr-if.........-.. ................... .....ic-e--