Pledge of Allegiance
2024; Duke University Press; Volume: 2024; Issue: 102 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1215/00265667-11047056
ISSN2157-4189
Autores Tópico(s)International Law and Human Rights
ResumoI would hurt you, even with garlands of stars and stripes.I don't respect promises from patriots that don't involvetheir community, like my brother's Nissan Altima andits cracked rear window he's afraid will break into factories.I won't lay an aluminum oath over my heart. Pitiful it isto receive certainty like a gift, and I will not clutch an idolizedidentity if it means betraying my violent, avant-garde birth.If I must babysit the hours in search for the presentI have dreamed of, keep time in the homes of the pretenders.I will not trade my sanity for it. Until now I have survivedon recycled desires, but an apology offered with half-feltduty, I could not respect, or sing, or love.
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