thanks for hating me, have a nice day

dear america,

i want to love you. really, i do. but you make it so hard.

you just don't respect me. you say you believe in tolerance, and justice, and freedom for all, but then i read such horrible things about you in the papers. they say you want to amend the constitution in favor of bigotry. they say you think god hates me. you gave that monkey in a suit the presidency, for crying out loud!

i'm so tired of waking up in the morning to the depressing reality of life with you. i'm sick of worrying that i'm going to find out you're something unfathomable, like a nazi, or an evangelical. i can't stomach listening to you lie to me, day after day, about how all of us are created equal, and how the terrorists hate us because we're free.

i work hard. i pay my taxes. i vote, for what it's worth. i try to stay informed about our issues, but i'm beginning to feel like you're just not trying. i'm beginning to think you just don't care about me.

i'm giving it my best shot, but one day i'm going to have to say "enough is enough." one of these days canada is going to start looking pretty cute.

yours, for now,
me.