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sounding like a gun
M eighties at 4:30
you owe me sixteen
four nexium flew
and of course tranquilizers
really needing one
a lady asks me
if i want her to help me
picking up the pills
boards where people walk
silly ocd question
thank-you of course not
daylight moon shining
red helicopter with a sign
does a loop de loop
reverse flying high
silver plane above the moon
or so it appears
confederate flag
half past marker 44
no good evil klan
i stand there staring
the flag is sitting alone
for twenty minutes
four coolers of beer
two blue, red and corina
should find a lighter
the bastards came back
staring twenty more minutes
at their stupid flag
five real big tough guys
at least five other people
one comes down half way
intimidate me
trying as hard as he can
not moving muscle
finally he leaves
they send a twenty year old
a hard yellow ball
that game in the sand
still staring at stupid flag
one hand on my hip
“is something wrong or
are you just staring at us”
like he doesn’t know
while glaring at him
i’ll stand where i damn well please
he can’t see me glare
wearing sunglasses
should have thought of an answer
before being asked
if they don’t want peeps
to stare ,then why do they have
that stupid flag there
a black grandmother
walks by with her granddaughter
she said do not look
those stupid bastards
ruining vacations at beach
almost at the top
philadelphia
african american
do not worry child
they take the high road
say jerks have freedom of speech
always taken this high
you take the high road
end up with isis and klan
sick of the high road
security guard
he doesn’t know which is worse
those who fly the flag
or the ones who say
that they do not understand
thinking the flyers
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