Clown in a Cornfield

by Adam Cesare

Even in your insane way, you pretend to care. You’re all so worried about what’s wrong with the kids, when you’re the ones selling us guns, telling us times were better when men were men, pretending that global warming is a hoax, and turning hate into a team sport. I mean, yeah, you have taken it all a step further, sure, but it’s not like anyone over the age of fifty has ever really given a shit about us. You guys may be homicidal lunatics, but, hey, at least you’re being honest about how you wish we were dead.”

Madness. Hate. Insecurity. Tradition. The American Dream.

“Please get me a doctor that’s not me.”

Quinn took comfort in that. The fact that history bent toward progress, no matter how hard the assholes tried pushing back.