American Honey

They say, all things are better in America.

The food is better, the water cleaner,

and opportunities abound with no end.

It's the land of milk and honey,

but things aren't really what they seem.

Those Hollywood shows and movies

weren't kidding when they painted

what living in America is truly like.

The water isn't really any cleaner,

and the food is only made better

by shenanigans popularized by people

who know nothing better than

to fill your mind with absolute nonsense.

Opportunities abound,

but only to a select few.

All others are either unemployed

or a humble employee

who must juggle two, three jobs

if only to make ends meet

and to have some semblance of a life

that they can proudly stake a claim to.

Honey, after all, can only be made sweeter

not by infusing it with any number of

complex carbon-based saccharides,

but by the decision that it is indeed

as good as it can get.