Photography © Chad Parenteau

 

P.I.S.S.

Blue State,
Red State;

urban;
rural;

white collar;
blue collar;

left;
right;

do they have anything
in
common?

Sure!
About 75 percent
is what they share!

It’s called-
P.I.S.S.!

No!
Not that!

The one exhibits-
“Post-Industrial Stupidity Syndrome!”
P.I.S.S!

The other-
“Pre-Industrial Stupidity Syndrome!”
P.I.S.S.

Almost perfectly the same
except
for
“Post” and “Pre;”

(you should be getting the point by now).

Yes,
generations ago,,
one kind got off the boat
while the other came out of the woods;

shirts and ties;
overalls and boots;

no matter;

they have stayed the same;

both
are still as stupid
as from whence their ancestors came-

maybe even worse!

Over and over again;
wave after wave-

maybe that’s the reason
it’s called
a

syndrome!

P.I.S.S.

 

J. H. Johns wrote the only poem we could publish today. Thank you.

Chad Parenteau is Associate Editor of Oddball Magazine.