Looking Ahead to Memorial Day

Take your god-damned hot dogs and your trashy beer
Away from here.  Take them in your hulking truck
With decals of the U.S. flag.  Take your handguns
And your hat which says that you support police.
Don't forget your Bible and your animus toward anyone
Who isn't white and male, like you.  Let me pretend,
In this oasis, that our culture has seen progress, and that,
Consequently, your sort simply can't exist.





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Written on 2025-05-12 at 17:09

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Albert Vynckier The PoetBay support member heart!
i prefer when you describe the countryside, you are more credible
2025-05-12