Is the U.S. a nation

or just an economic platform?

because, a nation, is (or can be) 

an expression of its people.

 

Platforms, as you know

support a ton of apps

but not all, and often

not many at all.

 

Nations, of course, excel at

spinning origin stories that

somewhat stick, actually

too often, stick, too long.

 

These days, folks, are sick

of platforms, they feel

but more than that, know

the grift and graft.

 

But also, folks, can’t won’t 

booty hop for nation

not for the past, nor future

and for damn sure, not now.

 

Alright, some are nation

afterschool drama types

never miss a chance to flame

in public, funk out, in private.

 

Others are pure platform

all day trend setters

brahmins, actually, prancing like

Jack & Jill nobodies. 

 

Yet others, in idealist mode

strain to marry the two

nation thing & platform thang

triangle into circle slot. 

 

Problem is, Globo Bobo’s diet

consists of broken idols

shards of meritocracies

the bootstrap’s scraps.

 

Platform thang, over amped 

promises a commonwealth of 

continuous profile updates

hexagons into pentagonal slots.

 

Nation thing, flustered 

promises to calm anxieties 

save selves from intermixing 

in golden wheat fields swaying.

 

Globo Bobo, or if you prefer

Bobo Globo, plays it safe

defers to neither Thing nor Thang 

but tabulates and waits.

 

GB, might well be

progressive or regressive

no one can say for now

poltergeist inside us.