Purging DNA

 

I have spent my life
trying to purge
the scourge of Puritanism
from my American bred DNA...

Beating the religious intolerance
they ruled with was easy
since in my eyes God is obviously

not an exclusive one size fits all bigot..

And the black and white fashion thing

they paraded around in
was always senseless to me..

But their damn work like a dog

til you die at your post ethic
are still the hardest chains
for this frustrated mutt to break..

The guilt of my fully enjoying

an unproductive retirement

is my head in the stockade 

public square embarrassment 

Forever having to defend

doing absolutely nothing

but enjoy my dwindling time

to those still daily grinding

So fuck the long gone Puritans

and the ships they rode in on