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I Used to Know You Better

by miscellaneous owl

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In the courtroom, my mother raises her right hand
And swears allegiance to a foxed and tattered flag
To the dust and corn and limestone of Indiana
To the asphalt and dry hills of California
To the fireflies of upstate New York
Where her oldest daughter was born
I believed in East Coast schools and autumn leaves
And driving under endless prairie skies
But the mystique of the Great American Dream
Seems to me to be a lie

America, you choke and spit
Your spite wells up, you drown in it,
You slammed my fingers in the hinge of the golden door
All the schoolkids duck and cover
Clinging to the wire mother
The soft one lies in shreds upon the floor
America, what am I?
Born to love you, born to die
By the hands of the smiling men inside the voting booth
Eagles soar and the marching band plays
For the tiki torch-lit ticker tape parade
But the gravel on her cheek betrays the truth

I used to know you better
Now I don't know you at all

America, with your broken back
Your teeth of rusting Cadillacs
I drink to you, a draught as dry as drought
And in the incel's sitting room
You raise your glass of rank perfume
And the rictus lifts the corners of your mouth

I used to know you better
Now I don't know you at all
I used to know you better
Now I don't know you at all

Remember when you sang to me?
A nightingale with silver dreams
Falling from its wings like glittering dust
And in my lotus-eater's haze
I stroked your luminescent face
And thought I could become someone you loved
I thought I could become someone you loved

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released October 13, 2019

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