kip and i have spent a fair amount of christmases
and new years[es]
in foreign countries

and i
personally
have spent a few july 4ths
far away from the united states

perhaps this could become another tradition
because, damn, i wouldn’t mind
never having to look at another nationalist capitalist display
of red, white, and blue
touting patriotism as a personality
to be sold and bought
at any price