Blaming the mirror.

[Bonobo]

I don't look so good when I look in that mirror.

There is fat spilling out of the overcrowded prison of my body. Unwanted meat that I cannot get rid of, so I restrain it in cramped confines where it cannot escape.

My face is beginning to show the harsh lines worn into it from years of fighting and killing, mistreating of other, even including those in my extended family all around the country.

I am shorter than I thought. That stature that I once hoped for, was promised, is less than I imagined, and I see younger ones spring up all around me, even as much as 4 times taller than me...

The infrastructure that is my bones and muscles is long neglected and falling into disrepair.

I have lost all the money I had gambling, and now I live in squalor, wearing shabby, worn clothes.

My plans for a higher education have also come to nothing since I couldn't afford it, so there isn't much chance of things changing there either.

I try to smile, but it only shows the ravages of my poorly maintained teeth. Couldn't afford that luxury either.

I blame the mirror, frankly. It just can't be true.

Actually, I blame George Bush. He was our LEADER.

He did it to us. He is not us. He ruined U.S.!

But now, we have a new leader. Obama. He will save U.S.! He is a true leader! He will return us to the TRUE STATE, the true reflection of ourselves. That's it! It was only some dirt on the mirror. That was never who I was, we were! Now we have ELECTED someone to CHANGE it all, clean that mirror, removing the grime that only gave us a distorted view of who we thought we were!

We shall be revealed as the tall, proud, shining, happy, geniuses we really are. We shall once again stand proud, teeth gleaming, confidence shining forth.

I blame the mirror.