vacation

at least one

red white blue starry flag

big or small

billowing from the golden flagpoles that adorn

at least every house

in this country,

proclaiming

nationalism capitalism idiocy.

at least one

red white blue starry flag

absolutely huge, large enough

that I want to take it down and wrap myself in it

just for laughs

swishing in the wind over

the construction site,

the bank,

the park,

the boats (why???)

proclaiming

'our country is so great'

and if I had the strike-through tool right now

I would use it.

because what about project 2025,

what about abortion rights,

what about people,

what about all those 'Blue Lives Matter' signs

that are popping up on every car bumper I see, seemingly,

and can someone please inform me why cops matter more

than the people who are getting murdered in their own homes,

neighborhoods, stores? please inform me how the people who flaunt the rainbow,

rich brown and black tones,

a hijab or headscarf that is theirs to wear and be proud of,

their ancestral First Nations heritage,

or even just some curse words and anti-Zayanist Emma Goldman pins

on their jackets

are less important

are deserving of death

more than the people who can LITERALLY CHANGE THEIR JOBS AT ANY TIME

and carry guns like how we would carry bouquets.

please inform me

why my vacation

in Maine

was marred,

scarred

by the red white blue starry flag

of nationalism capitalism racism idiocy colonialism

that billows from the flagpoles

and it's not even July.