Last year on the #FourthOfJuly, I shared the reasons for my lack of #patriotism for the U.S., and for why I'm staying here regardless. My feelings have not changed since then.
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"This #FourthofJuly, the world declares its #independence from #America"
Realize this is a message of #hope: for all who were never included in that #vision of the #world, were never " #AmericanLives at stake", never " #LeadersOfTheFreeWorld":
Come, #rise, claim your #PlaceInTheSun.
#future #YouBelong #freedom #newday #newworld #equality #inclusion #equity #prosperity #possibility #BiggerVision #IndigenousRights #HumanRights #AnotherWay
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/jul/04/independence-day-america-decline
It’s the cocktail hour. The air is still.
Mister gets busy on the charcoal grill.
Social-kissing women, backslapping men
has failed to break the ice. But then
Missiz appears like magic from the dusk.
Cool, ten years his junior, she smells of musk
and ‘Madame Rochas’. Two small spots of anger
high on her cheekbones linger…
—Liz Lochhead, “Fourth of July Fireworks”
Published in THREE SCOTTISH POETS, @canongatebooks 1992
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #4thofJuly #FourthofJuly
