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I have long had mixed feelings about songs that celebrate my country, and so here I offer alternate lyrics to USA’s national anthem. Although still quite rough, I could wait no longer; I wanted to share it now, on USA’s Independence Day. Here’s the thing: The songs I know are all laud and glory, yet over USA’s gestation and lifetime, there have most certainly been numerous cases in which our […]

Back Side Star-Spangled Banner

Diversity & Exclusion
I have long had mixed feelings about songs that celebrate this country I love, and so here I offer alternate lyrics to USA's national anthem. The USA story is not all laud and glory, but neither is it disdainful at the level some shout and spout. USA's reality is a complicated mix of these two extremes.
As the spite and malice of the gathered crowd rose, my certainty in being there fell. What am I standing for. What does my presence say. How does this fix anything. I should go. I don’t question the cause…the reason I came. There my confidence is unshaken. Wrong is wrong. The world must change. It’s here. Me being here, part of this increasingly raucous, pulsing, boiling, thundering crowd. What am […]

Tilda’s Brick

Flash Fiction
As the spite and malice of the gathered crowd rose, my certainty in being there fell. What am I standing for. How does this fix anything. This is not even my city.
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