Dona E. Bowens

America is built to kill you. No, I’m not talking about the shootings that happen every three days, though the shootings are quite efficient with planting Americans six feet under.

(Ranty aside: How much must Americans hate their damn kids to keep letting them get shot up in schools? “We must do something about gun violence! So I’m going to keep voting for people who will do nothing about gun violence!” Translation: Fuck them kids.)

Nah…I’m talking about the way of life is built to kill you slowly. I just got back to this bitch 6 months ago and I’ve already gone up 2 dress sizes, I’ve chipped 2 teeth and the dentist can’t see me for a month, I can’t walk a city block without my back shouting, “Bitch! Sit your fat American ass down and eat a donut,” and I gotta wait another 8 months before I can get healthcare. Thanks, Obama. Seriously, thanks Obama. Because if not for Obama my fatter-than-I-ever-was-in-Europe ass would just be winging it, gritting my teeth through mystery pains and trying to cure whatever might ail me with garlic, Vicks Vapo Rub and prayers for the sick and shut-in courtesy of Second Baptist Church.

Got me thinking that Americans hate each other so much…wait, let me correct that. Some Americans hate other Americans so much that they keep voting for people who will do nothing about healthcare. Translation: Fuck them poor, brown and black folks. Yeah, I said it.