​“America Is”

“America is”

America is always one step forward (and two steps back)

America is always the knight in shining armor

America is the Billy club to the shin

America is the smartest in the room

America is the jazz music playing while it rains

America is brand name, never generic

America is a full tank of gas

America is probation and a fine

America is the get away car

America is two day free shipping

America is a coast to coast boxing match

America is annotated, footnoted

America is a warm blanket

America is peace, love, war, and hate

America is anger

America is the white picket fence and love thy neighbor

America is changing lanes without signaling

America is patting yourself on the back

America is REDACTED

America is hitting the snooze button

America is the missing Watergate tapes

America is the presidential pardon

America is the syringe to the vein

America is set free after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment

America is in the lobby getting itself a snack

America is duck and cover

America is a full magazine with one in the chamber

America is the one that lurches forward,

Smug,

& Proud