The Big Ideas of 2012

The American Dream

I have no deviant desires.
The American Dream
Brent Humphreys

I am married and I live in the suburbs.

My street looks like every street you have seen in every commercial since 1957.Ever since I first came here, I couldn’t think of living anywhere else.

I have two children – both bright – a girl and a boy. I can’t wait to watch them grow up.

I love my car. My impeccable home. I love being fit, and I love a good day’s work. I love being straight and never confused about my sexual identity. I love my wife. I love being monogamous.

I love my neighbors who come out on Saturday mornings and cut their grass, and chitchat to me while we washdown our cars and driveways.

Every second Saturday, after the kids are safely off to bed, I take a Viagra. My wife and I will then finish watching our Saturday night crime drama, and then for the next 20 or so minutes I remind my wife of why she really married me in the first place. After which she usually takes a Sleep Eze-type product because she says she likes getting a good Saturday night sleep.

The kids are always up early on Sunday mornings, diligently doing their homework at the kitchen table, while Mom bakes cookies and makes bread in her new breadmaker. That’s when the kitchen really shines. We don’t go to church, except for the high holidays, but we still know we are blessed.

My wife booked us a trip to the Caribbean. She said we could get double airmiles if we put the entire trip on our VISA card.

When our neighbors ask how the trip was I tell them it was brilliant, just as theirs had been. It’s not a lie.

Sure, we all comb our hair the same way, and we are a little obsessed with dandelions and flossing our teeth. And so what if we all like to go to the same movies, watch the same TV, and eat the same popcorn. It’s a good life here.

Uncomplicated.

I’m not a complicated man.

I have no deviant desires.

—Sherwood Hinze

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Anonymous

This reminds me of SLIVER's song 'memento mori', nice piece!

Here are the lyrics of the song:

SLIVER - memento mori

take that pill or die
don’t use butter when cooking
look after your body
watch your weight, watch your weight

find a girl and marry her
two children and a dog not more
on Sunday, mow the grass
always check the door is closed

never forget to sleep
never forget breathing
the harder you work,
they say, the happier you get

don’t forget you are not able to fly
so stop trying to commit suicide

stop masturbating
only five cigarettes a day
shave everyday of the week
believe in God, he could exist

never ask too many questions
always be nice and polite
try to get some money
and save some for the gravedigging

don’t forget you are not able to fly
so stop trying to commit suicide

they won’t take our lives tonight (X 1,000)

don’t take that pill and die
and please forget to sleep
don’t close your door tonight
sometimes just stop breathing
please never mow the grass
and never be polite
don’t save the slightest penny for the gravedigging

try to commit suicide
remember you are able to fly

Anonymous

This reminds me of SLIVER's song 'memento mori', nice piece!

Here are the lyrics of the song:

SLIVER - memento mori

take that pill or die
don’t use butter when cooking
look after your body
watch your weight, watch your weight

find a girl and marry her
two children and a dog not more
on Sunday, mow the grass
always check the door is closed

never forget to sleep
never forget breathing
the harder you work,
they say, the happier you get

don’t forget you are not able to fly
so stop trying to commit suicide

stop masturbating
only five cigarettes a day
shave everyday of the week
believe in God, he could exist

never ask too many questions
always be nice and polite
try to get some money
and save some for the gravedigging

don’t forget you are not able to fly
so stop trying to commit suicide

they won’t take our lives tonight (X 1,000)

don’t take that pill and die
and please forget to sleep
don’t close your door tonight
sometimes just stop breathing
please never mow the grass
and never be polite
don’t save the slightest penny for the gravedigging

try to commit suicide
remember you are able to fly

Reality Check

Was Sliver sitting in one of the Occupy tents on something sharp when he penned this nonsensical garbage, or was it a side affect of agent orange??????

Reality Check

Was Sliver sitting in one of the Occupy tents on something sharp when he penned this nonsensical garbage, or was it a side affect of agent orange??????

.fRITZ

honestly... Does it make you feel better about yourself to go on the internet and nay say every damn thing people say? Does your bad attitude and closed mind help you sleep at night? well, I bet you take pills to help all that anyways..
All this duckspeak is getting old-FAST

PERHAPS IT IS YOU WHO HAVE THE TENT POLL UP YOUR ARSE!

Happy Trails Troll <3

.fRITZ

honestly... Does it make you feel better about yourself to go on the internet and nay say every damn thing people say? Does your bad attitude and closed mind help you sleep at night? well, I bet you take pills to help all that anyways..
All this duckspeak is getting old-FAST

PERHAPS IT IS YOU WHO HAVE THE TENT POLL UP YOUR ARSE!

Happy Trails Troll <3

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