Should I buy, buy, buy
Semiquincentennial crypto, crypto, crypto, crypto,
as in coins, no relation to Supergirl's doggie
Should I stand, stand, stand, stand,
stand in the streets of Manhattan?
Waiting outside, outside, outside, outside.
Madison Square Garden,
as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
hijack the upcoming Fourth of July.
and make it all about a super duper, extra special
wedding celebration of themselves, their individual brands
and soon to be their married couples super brand
Should I, should I, should I, should I, watch
video of Donald Trump talking about Teddy Roosevelt,
and a bunch of men dressed up as Rough Riders
Just like the people dressed up in bib overalls
watching hillbilly fascist Andy Griffith
playing Lonesome Rhodes in A FACE IN THE CROWD
Should I, should I, should I, should I watch video
of the empty great American state fairgrounds?
And watch that with Donald Trump asking fake RoughRiders
Do you have a 401 K?
playing in the background of my mind
Should I do that? Must I do that?
I'd rather just look outside at the fireworks display
and remember the great experiment of democracy
with all its virtues and failings
especially the failings of stolen land genocide and racism
And then remember the gains civil rights, women’s rights
and people that came to America
to achieve better futures for themselves and others,
and have done the very, very best
to make America, something more beautiful and united
than the Trump and Stephen Miller acts of terror and destruction
I just hope, against hope, that the experiment called America
will survive and improve in time for the tricentennial,
a long ways away,
2076.
