america

• ·       The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles
• We had flannelette sheets, like children’s, and army issue blankets, the old ones that still said US
• She’s a flag on a hilltop, showing us what can still be done, we too can be saved
• Like the flag of an unknown country, seen for an instant above, it could mean attack, it could mean parley.
• a bugle, a call to arms, like a wall falling
• He’s only my flag. My semaphore. Body language.
• the canada of that time did not wish to antagonize its powerful neighbours