Thirteen Ways of Looking at the American Flag

As a sari while scrounging for food in America’s winter dumpster.
As down payment on a hospital death bed.
As a promise to George Washington to uphold the U.S. Constitution while suspending habeas corpus.
As camouflaged team uniforms in the “war on terror.”
As message from God.
As wistful memory of the American Dream.
As dubious plot to make all men equal when they are surely not, never were and never will be.
As walk-off home run when doom seems certain.
As jealous amateur in a chili cook-off.
As highlight film in a vacuum-sealed plastic container in Baltimore.
As ideology before common sense.
As the silly advancement of technology.
As Bob Hope’s nose.


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