all of the freedom and none of the responsibility
for aileen wuornos

the spirit of america is not additive-free tobacco.
the spirit of america is not a chevy truck.
the spirit of america is not a bald eagle.
the spirit of america is not wig-headed forefathers.
the spirit of america is not a Sioux mans head on a nickel .
the spirit of america is not liberty and justice for all.
the spirit of america is not even under god.
the spirit of america is not free checking.
the spirit of america is definitely not free.
the spirit of america costs, because after all, it is a free market spirit.
the spirit of america is the sound of chains rattling being ignored.
the spirit of america is  chained to making a living.
the spirit of america is you and me sent off to kill to protect our economic interests.
the spirit of america is you and me having no idea what that means.
the spirit of america has hunger in the back of its mind.
the spirit of america is soldiers who dont know history.
the spirit of america is soldiers trying to make a living.
the spirit of america is asking you and me to break our spirits for a living.
the spirit of america is no rest for the weary.
the spirit of america is no your food stamps havent come through yet, but maybe that would change if you wanted to come over tonight.
the spirit of america sanctions high powered rape.
the spirit of america is either drink to forget or give it up to the higher power.
the spirit of america is praise the ammunition and pass the collection plate.
the spirit of america is be-headed heritage.
the spirit of america is slavery and a lot of tired folks in between.
the spirit of america is not enough for bus fare.
the spirit of america dreams of highways but never notices road kill.
the spirit of america was too tired to save you.
the spirit of america kinda maybe wanted to watch you die, after all.
the sprit of america wanted to know who was going to play you in the movies.
the spirit of america is disappointed you were not better looking.
the spirit of america secretly wanted to be in your bed anyway.
the spirit of america wanted to fuck and then to kill a dyke, virtually, maybe in game format, on its coffee break.
the spirit of america can talk a lot of shit when it is anonymous.
the spirit of america can imagine doing worse.
the spirit of america thinks that its worse to live on welfare than to die.
the spirit of america thinks prostitution is fine as long as it gets a piece.
the spirit of america hates prostitutes with boundaries.
the spirit of america thinks an ugly woman has no right to refuse a man.
the spirit of america thinks an eye for an eye is a good rule, especially when anything might force it to refocus its vision.
the spirit of america thinks john waynes gun is god.  a good and righteous god.
the spirit of america thinks your execution is a good example to what the spirit of america is all about.
the spirit of america wishes it could have made your execution public.
the spirit of america watches bombs falling on the news and is so tired, it mistakes them for fireworks.
the spirit of america has to get up and go to work tomorrow to pay the bills.
the spirit of america would do anything not to be on welfare.
the spirit of america would love to kill anything that looks like it might look on welfare.
the spirit of america prefers cruelty to justice, especially if there are special effects involved.
the spirit of america thinks thrills are a good substitute for thinking.
the spirit of america is the abusers dream.
the spirit of america is too scared, too tired, too on the edge to remember anything.
the spirit of america has no memory.
the spirit of america thinks history is yesterdays evening news.
the spirit of america thinks thinking is dangerous.
the spirit of america could not bring itself to think of what a real democracy looks like, because its favorite show was on, the one where people shout at each other and then a judge shouts at everyone and then makes them feel dumb for even trying.  
the spirit of america was too tired to think about justice because it has get up early tomorrow and work to pay for that chevy truck, that lung cancer treatment, that overdrawn account.
the spirit of america thinks the rich and powerful are rich and powerful because they deserve it.
the spirit of america never bothers to understand what tax breaks really mean.
the spirit of america hated you because you were poor.
the spirit of america hated you because you tried to make it like john wayne, only poor female and queer, and got caught.
the spirit of america hated you because you tried to resist rape.
the spirit of america gets raped all the time and is certain it is its own fault.
the spirit of america cant understand why anyone would protest this.
the spirit of america finds killing others a relief for its own self-loathing.
the spirit of america thinks its free if its told its free.
the spirit of america is too tired to think of anything else.
the spirit of america dreams of having all of the freedom and none of the responsibility.

ill say it again because i really want you to hear this:

the spirit of america dreams of having all of the freedom and none of the responsibility.
and thats why you were killed, aileen.  
and the spirit of america is so tired, it thinks that this is resting in peace.

Amanda Kail
© 2002