Because Obama has won today

Because Obama has won today
one must force change

which translates into:

cut out junk food, car pool, save, avoid the drive through, invest wisely, volunteer, turn off the TV, read more poetry, read more books. Get off oil.
Tell jokes. Help your kid with their homework.
If your hair is white
dye it blue. If it is blue dye
it pink. If you drink
too much, learn to like yoga, or poetry,
or painting, or buying art.

If you hate your body image, change it
and wear the gowns and disguises you admire,
they are no more different than boiled bones,
arrowheads and gold chains. They are no more
different than charcoal suits.

Because Obama won today
chew patience, for long
years of slow work
are paved only one city block at a time.
How long did it take to build the Parthenon?
Because Obama won today
keep it real.
Because Obama won today
allow yourself to open up,
like the country once was;
Not the geography, but the spirit.

Because Obama won today
eat color, lean your life, give your heart away.

You must change your life.

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