A Boomers Daughter

Red meat gives her a nose bleed
she has a turtle living in her bathtub
because it has a message for her
that she has yet to recieve.
Christmas of her tenth year she spent with her mom
laying in sleeping bags in the New Mexico desert
waiting for aliens who had a message
that her mom had yet to recieve
Her daddy had issues from the viet nam war
where he spent christmas; 1968 lying in the jungle
his best friend dead at his side
waiting still for some sort of recognition
from his country for his service
waiting thru years of nightmares, survivors guilt & flash backs
for absolution that has never came.
Sick is the soul of the american family unit today
a Las Vegas wedding  a Mexican divorce & an email diploma
Sex dope cigarettes and social media
are all that remain of the american dream.