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Molybdenum
Janet Kuypers
from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#042, Mo)
4/4/13
I love this country.
We should protect our rights.

Gotta love
our military-
industrial
complex.

We gotta protect ourselves —
I’ll use everything I can
to be the one on top.

I know I’ve used you,
but it was wartime,
you gotta understand.

You gave me speed,
You were light on your feet,
but stiff as a board.

When things got hot,
you stood up to anything.

and I liked flexing my muscles with you.

I know it was wartime,
but I would have
made a Japanese sword outa you,
if I coulda put you together right.

And I know, I know,
you say I need you
for all my amino acids
to keep my innerds running,

but I’m still on my war-kick here,
‘cause when it’s war time,
that’s when I need you most.

People say that war’s no good,
but I say
you’re the meaning of life.

I love the U. S. of A.,
and with you by my side,
we can shove a boot up their ass —
it’s the American way.

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