Heroes

Who are the heroes?

The ones that are good 

at killing in battle?

Heroes because they're strong?

I guess the Greeks thought so.

Bob Marley a hero for standing

for freedom?

Assange, Chelsea, Ellsberg?

I'd say so.

Obama, Bushes, Clintons...

Nobel Prize? Medal of Freedom?

You can tell the evil people

by the awards they get...

the whole thing is psycho-payola.

My landlord is my hero because

his little boy is happy.

My Buddhist collaborators are my 

heroes because they are warriors

for the truth.

You're not my hero if you take a 

dangerous selfie to show how

stupid you are.

You're not my hero if you practice 

competitive posing.

It's possible you're my hero

if you win a hot dog eating

competition, I'm not sure.

You win the NBA championship...

I'm not impressed with self important

entertainment millionaires...let them 

build a house for the poor with their

own hands...that would work better. 

Fake sending your child up in the air

in a balloon? Win Olympic gold and

change your sex for attention and

money? Declare you're gay? Have

a job in government? Fight for your

right to be lazy and useless? Seem

important because of your breasts?

No heroes there...

Ali was a hero for being the worst 

bad ass and standing up for his 

beliefs...coming back to the ring 

and still beating the best that there 

were. Patton and Forrestal and

Kennedys and King were heroes

assassinated by their government.

Tupac, Morrison, Hendrix, same.

Don't talk to me about heroes.