Cabinet Positions Available

Do you have what it takes?
Are you willing to shoot yourself
Publicly in the foot
To prove your loyalty to the One?

Will you break up families,
Separate little kids from parents
And pretend you show heroic grit?
We’re looking for someone like you.

Do you think everyone in government
Is a slacker who needs a real job?
Are most workers superfluous
Unless aligned with us?

Do you think a nation’s military
Should slaughter its citizens in the street
Because they have opinions
That differ from the ones that count?

Would you betray allies in a flash?
Is everything just about material gain?
Would you sell your spouse and kids
If asked in a nice respectful way?

Do you think women can’t be trusted
To oversee their own bodies?
Do you honor life
By knowing what’s best for everyone?

Do you have an acute sense
That nature could be approved
With oil rigs and mining operations
Next to most natural wonders?

Do you hate anyone not like you?
Will you condemn those in need?
Will you shout from that city on a hill
That money is the only truth that matters?

Are you good at taking orders
No matter the harm they’ll cause?
Can you be insanely loyal
To world class stupidity and spite?

Then you’ll surely ace the interview.
You fit the requirements to a tee.
Please apply and show the world
Who you are and hope to be.

John Jiambalvo is the author of two collections of poetry, Shadows Walking Among Questions and Americana Collection, as well as a satiric novel, Smirk. Read other articles by John.