Driving on the freeways of

Phoenix and Chicago and

the Interstates 10, 40, 70,

80 and 90, it’s not hard to

have a dystopian vision

of the late great U.S. of A.

In fact, it’s hard not to

conjure images of flooded

coastlands where billionaires

now swim 12^th St. between

Naples Bay and the Gulf,

residents of the Ninth Ward

do water aerobics all day long

in the streets, those who live in

San Antonio, Las Cruces, Bisbee

and Phoenix lounge in lush

jungles with anacondas where

rattlers used to slither,

Traverse Bay is a sand storm

desert between Petoskey and

the shores of Lake Michigan

and Sasquatch migrated to

Mexico just to make angels

in some snow not to mention

the recent news report on

scholarly studies showing that

no one trusts anyone anymore

about anything and how nothing

goes well with that kind of cynicism

as can be observed on the freeways

and interstates of the late, great

U.S of A.