"apathetic"
Poem by David Nizhoni Flores // Photo by Tiburon

my vote rocks boats

but i'd rather be shaking up yachts

shit, if i could sell mine

    my vote would already be bought

just like those seats in office

we got a decrepit body politic

    a house full of pigs

       a senate stacked in scandal

like my vote really matters

shit's more rigged than a 3 year old's birthday pinata

    they swing at it for every dollar we don't got

       hitting it with campaign contributions

          and corporate resorts overseas

cuz no one oversees the bank notes that disappeared once it exploded right open

    now we have a fucked up pinata we gotta glue back together and return to their hands

cuz four years from now we'll take a second spin

    but problem solving ain't never been for politicians

dudes fixing real shit are the technicians

we vote the rich back in because they bought our brains

don't you see it's all profits and gains

    and more of the same

       and more of the same

please don't be pushing me for "change"

    cuz if i wanted it that bad i'd actually make it happen

the day my vote shuts down universities

    and students hit the streets

we stop buying their products

    and stand up on our feet

we're voting for a system

    propped up through genocide and slavery

keeping the norms that will never save me

    calling slave masters founders

            and murderers heroes

the biggest terrorists

    are those dudes in the suits

        walking up capitol steps collecting their loots

my destiny is chosen as soon as that sniper shoots

    my tongues trajectory spits bullets through their temples

       they are locked and chained in my words

that's when my vote counts

    but for now

it's my time to choose

       imma vote NO on all the props

          and vote marijuana for president

             because i'm a california resident