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Highway 475 overpass, Toledo, Ohio, September 2026

American Graffiti 2026

Here in the American 21st Century

A Black woman hangs from a tree in the South. Some

Have the willful, denying ignorance

To call the cause of death Suicide.

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“Detention Centers” are being built

Here in the American 21st Century

Expressly for people who came into this country. The

Pretextual reason was to protect us from “the worst.”

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The more people who fight this home-grown tyranny,

The less chance it has to engulf and kill

The goodness we have striven for, here

In America before these dark 21st Century times.

Tomorrow a “Big Beautiful Bill” will be signed into law

It will enable parasitic moneybaggers to continue their bloodsucking behavior

It will take food from the mouths of hungry children and elders

It will make the attainment of quality healthcare suddenly nigh-impossible for more than ten million American citizens

And it will provide bonus incentives for mercenary kidnappers

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Its signing date coincides with the 249th anniversary of the publication of the Declaration of Independence, a date traditionally referred to as Independence Day

And it is generally accompanied by the ignition of all manner of fireworks

The noise makes some dogs trembled or hide or howl

The burnt gunpowder adds tons of Particulate matter into an already-befouled atmosphere

It is a glorification of explosive incandescence

And tomorrow it will be celebrating the full and wretched rekindling of tyranny

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It’s hard to watch fireworks when your head droops

With grief