proud to be an american

there is a rest area
outside of aberdeen washington
that serves free coffee, cookies, hot cocoa
and every so often pumpkin pie

i stop here from time to time
in my delivery van
to pad my hours a bit

today the sun is shining
i have a cup of hot cocoa
and a copy of hunger by knut hamsun
it's a beautiful day

i watch from a picnic bench
by the dumpsters
as obese women
with small dogs
and even smaller shorts -
shorts that are much
much too short -
smoke cigarettes
and apply make-up
as their white trash
bastard children
burn ants
with a magnifying glass

the fat falls from their rumps
and out of their short shorts
like hamburger meat
from the grinder

20 feet away
a trucker smiles
at me
from his big rig

he watches me
watching them

even from a distance
i can tell
that he is jerking off

it's times like this
that i am proud
to be an american.