Wednesday, June 30, 2021

the rice burner

my uncle would
buy only american cars.
chevys
for the most part.
they'd be in the shop for
repairs
every month, something
going wrong.
i'm not buying any japanese
cars, he'd say,
or german.
not after the war.
not after pearl harbor.
he'd look at my new honda,
the hood rarely
opened and he'd laugh and say,
how much did you pay
for that rice burner.
aren't you a patriot,
anymore?

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