4 JULY CLIMBING OVER MOUNT RUSHMORE

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KITSCH ME QUICK 

PANTOMIME PRESIDENT WANTS TO BE CARVED IN ROCK 

INSTEAD HE’S CARVING UP THE FACE OF AMERICA  

STATUES OF BRONZE  STATUES OF STONE   

ROLLING DOWN ROLLING DOWN   

THE NARCISSIST FEELS THE NEED TO BE ROLLED UP INTO ONE   

TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK?   

THAT IS THE QUESTION WHICH REVEALS A DIVIDED SOUL  

UNCERTAIN HOW TO CELEBRATE ITS NATIONAL DAY 

DON’T STEP ON MY FLAG BUT I’LL DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO DO SO   

IN BETWEEN EPHEMERA AND FOREVER

ARE WE THE STRANDS OF HAIR

HARVESTED FROM FORCED LABOUR CAMPS IN CHINA?  

UIGHUR UIGHUR UIGHUR   

WOVEN TOGETHER TOUGH AS OLD ROPE TO CLIMB WITH  

STRONG ENOUGH FOR EVERY EVENTUALITY  

BUT DO WE DARE TO REST OUR LIVES ON OTHERS?  

HOW ELSE BUT COLLECTIVELY FOR LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS? 

WISHING WE COULD COME TOGETHER AGAINST THE KITSCH THAT CONFINES US  
YOURS TRULY  
THE NEWS POET