Poems by Jim Daniels, Photographs by Charlee Brodsky
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Size MattersImagine singing “Oh, say, can you see” to a flag you can’t see. That’s what graduate students at the University of Texas at Dallas had in mind when they created the likeness of an American flag so small it would take more than 10 to span the width of a human hair. —Fox News
As in matters of size, Every flag’s flawed I don’t think we’ll be adding any time soon. with the ones we already have. but leave our mailboxes wants to say they love us of unfixed stars. on a flag. You can put the flag Just bills, the mailman says, The bracket was made the siding, claiming this house Proportion is a relative thing. is always too large. When it comes to flags, who’s doing the counting? tiny country Perhaps not. had a big heart When my children were young for imaginary countries glue and naivety. of naivety to make any flag. of this one. We loved each other. |
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ReceptionFlags and antennas go together. Flags Dark magic None of our flags Me, I’m a big freedom guy, • Who decided a pickup truck Where is the price tag Not this guy in the pickup |
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Flag EroticIt is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness. —The Cortez Journal
You’re not supposed to think of the flag But isn’t there something Isn’t there something about Is that why we must keep it lit |
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Flag NeuroticWhere do I begin? Everything smooth, Remember do the best that you can? No Smoking. It’s the law. Healthy n’at. Authorized. What flag are you voting for/I mean buying/I mean |
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Ode to KitschWas the American flag at Stonehenge? Black flamingo, tiki torches, Easter Island at Lowe’s. I once had a screen door Take me to your leader, they said. |