by the way the first lady
smiled on American Idol
(while disgracing all Africa
by telling shameless lies)
with the same milky, vacant eyes
as the brainwashed mothers and wives
who were passionately preaching
on the fairy tale lives
of their half-grown daughters
who had daddy's babies and daddy's eyes
,,,,,that i changed the channel
to watch the supernanny
taking away a little girl's pacifier
with a malevolent smile.
i turned the tv off and the radio on
and i listened for a moment to "been a son".
