Don't forget there's a RIOT in paRIOT.

[jackshoegazer]

ironic patriotic

i saw an american flag
while waiting for the bus
high on a pole
in the winter-whipped weather
it snapped and rolled
with pornographic abandon
and i watched
joyously
but with remorse
at its tattered edges
frayed and unraveling
and i thought
"how apropos"
which means appropriate
but pronounced differently
it means to take exclusively
for oneself
without permission
and i thought
"that's apropos too"
considering our history
and how we got
that fucking flag
in the first place.


(c)2005jjp