WE HAVE A STATE RELIGION

By Jim Elliff

    We're free to choose in the land of the free.
      Marinated in choice
        Hyper amebic multi-celled dividing of choice
          Exponential multiplicity of choice
            Advertising of choice and choice of advertising
    We have a state religion
      And we're truly free
    Choice is god in the land of the free
      Happy old cannibal potentate
        He laughs and rolls a billion eyes
          And shakes a massive tummy
    We sweeten up his age-old tongue!
      —Anesthetizing mastication
        Nibbled to elation
          Craving stupefaction—
    It suits me, because….
      We're truly free in the land of the free.
    We have a state religion,
      But we're truly free in the land of the free.


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