One Word

by Heath Brougher / November 26th, 2017

The other day I saw
a man burning a
“Don’t Tread on Me” flag
in his front yard.

I was surprised by this
until I realized he
was only burning off
the word “Don’t” from the flag
and leaving the rest of it
to be unfurled and reflown from his house.

I guess he figured, “why not” or “who isn’t?”

Heath Brougher is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Mist Press. He was the recipient of the 2018 Poet of the Year Award and is a multiple Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. He has authored twelve books, the most recent of which is Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy (Sandy Press, 2024). Read other articles by Heath.

This article was posted on Sunday, November 26th, 2017 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.