Poem: Pwned In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A was one of my first tapes – and I loved it so much and everyone else in the family hated it.

I had no frame of reference beyond Bruce the big pop star. It never made much sense to have him doing stadiums, competing

with Lionel, Madonna, MJ and Prince – but that’s where his manufactured brand of American Earnestness la…