The Unfurling of the Flag of the United States of America

In our first publication as part of Art & Poetry month, Sam Button offers a political poem reflecting on the contiguous tyranny of the new regime governing the United States of America.

By Sam Button


They unfurled
The new design
Today

Everyone was shocked
At the new
Colours
That were trooped

But I was confused;
For to me,
It looked the same
As that Old Flag

I could see no difference
Only sameness

Maybe the colours
Were
A little sharper
than before
A little less faded.


A deeper blue
A bloodier red
But still
Clearly
The Star-Spangled Banner

The crowd aghast;
Cries of "Butchery!"
But it was just the same
As before
Just more clear
Facing those inside
As well as The World

Janus, D.C.
Twinned with Washington
Facing friend and foe alike,

All adversarial,
Perfect equanimity
at long last.


Sam Button is a member of the Interregnum collective.