Traveling in America

Two Dutch girls joke
about the waddling marshall,
how slowly he patrols the aisle.
Their safety in the hands of a man
addicted to donuts and Cheetos,
the ones sold at the airport,
sold everywhere to the uninsured,
to patriots who barely read.
That night, on the motel TV,
salesclerks and dental hygienists
compete for a single rose.
The Gideon Bible, tucked in a drawer,
swears love for these people
whose dreams are so tiny
compared to the lies they believe.