The secret’s not hidden in the sweetness
of the sugar or the color of the flakes,
the CONTENTS or NUTRITIONAL FACTS,
not in the surprise toy or breakfast prayer,
plastic cowboys, rubber Indians or G.I. Joe,
the jingle of a commercial, a rock song, MTV,
X-rated movies, tabloids or teen magazines,
not kept by the children who roam the malls,
have sex after school or smoke pot
It’s buried in the myth of the American Dream
pictured on the box