ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL


	Dad's got his five year old boy with him
	in the hotel room next door

	Monday Night Football is on
	I hear dad's yelling through the wall
	"Fuck him up bad!"

	Wonder what the kid's thinking

	Keep reminding myself:
	All men are created equal
	All men are created equal

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	At the therapist's office
	ten year old boy comes in crying to mom
	"dad hit me, can I stay in here with you?"
	
	Mom answers "I don't care what you do,
	if you want to stay, stay."

	Wonder what the kid's thinking

	Remind myself:
	All men are created equal
	All men are created equal

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	Dad's got a second kid on the way
	but it's Friday night and
	"no bitch is keeping me home"

	A few shots and a pitcher later
	it's time to go home
	
	He can't brake when he sees the taillights
	kills the six year old in the other car

	Keep reminding myself:
	All men are created equal
	All men are created equal

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	Dad's working two jobs
	might lose either one at any time
	money's tight, car's just holding together

	exhausted, he
	coaches daughter's soccer game

	frustrated, he
	scrapes ten dollars together for her field trip

	Keep reminding myself:
	All men are created equal
	All men are created equal



		- November 9, 1998