Gravity

I can't relate
To political debates
And concerns about
The economy
Because in my mind
There's an entire nation
Of thoughts,
Dense cities of conflict
That reside in
51 states of confusion
With delegates arguing
In a congress of
Concentric circles
Round and round
And round.

How can I care
About conflicts in
Conservative Muslim
Countries when
My thoughts can't escape
The gravity of
Me?

Like an earth,
Red magma flows
In my viens
And creates
A pull much
Greater than 9.8.

And that's why
You can't relate
To my selfish needs.

You're not living
In my atmosphere.

You don't orbit
My world.

But I'm thinking
Of starting a
Space program,
a National Agency
of Special Attention
Whose job it is
To find your
M-class planet.

Now, if only Congress
Could approve a
Budget.