Cross-posted from better formatting at USxCanada InfoShop
Renunciation
has a ring
of the religious but not
anything even close to
annunciation
breaking with a present
tie to a state and condition
that you have come to see is
detrimental
so far from a breaking in on the present of
good news
if the circle is
perfect because
it has no end
then the turning away forever from
a rogue realm
while it brandishes a threat of how
this is irrevocable
must become
an arc
with no expectation of return
to point of origin
you can't go home again
home was never the place where
if you have to go there they have to
take you in
for a long time though
they took you in
using a clever set of tools
flag and anthem and pledge
to make a tool of you
all to try to keep you compliant
not to mention make you
complicit
since somehow you came to jump ship
all they say they want
is to bring you back into the system
but you've already crossed the line
gone south or some other direction
followed the rainbow
left the mother country
lived another life
broken out far beyond the accidents
of birth or
simple adoption
now you see the need
to dissolve the particular
bands
to make your declaration
disavow allegiance
for the sake of your own sacred honor
since you're not yet impressed cut yourself loose
fork over the stiff fee
pay felonious tribute
the present cost of
Freedom
Good poem. There is so much irony in US policy that sometimes I think that I am dreaming or not reading things right.
Isn’t it strange that the Chinese-made olympic uniforms for Team-USA make one think of France (Berets, and the tricolor on the berets)? Contraversy over Team USA Uniforms
“Unlike most Olympic teams around the world, the U.S. Olympic Team is privately funded and we’re grateful for the support of our sponsors.”
That’s so American 😛
Anyway, I don’t see how the US lawmakers have any right to complain about the uniforms if the US isn’t even funding its own team. That’s rather pathetic actually…
@don ha! I wonder how many of the funders have investments and accounts abroad. Probably a few.
Old WWII Donald Duck Propaganda for paying US taxes:
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510294 See the one on “can’t go home”.
Great Storytelling!
Maybe Glynn Washington could do a new story on USP’s abroad that can’t go home.
Really liked the poem, play on words, and captured some of the feelings I’ve had over the past months and days.
Thank you for the poem.