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MY DARKEST SECRET By Amparo Jaramillo-Restrepo
Today I put away the US flag
with its thirteen stripes
and its fifty stars.
I didn't do it for lack of love
for a country which embraced me
in a time of need. I did it out of fear
when I witnessed the insane explosion
of fanatic patriotism and nationalism
eating away our consciences like
a silent worm, blinding our eyes
so we don't see the pathetic look
of innocent people in Afghanistan
while everybody is chanting here:
I am an American, I am an American I am an American, I am an American! As if the rest of the world didn't exist. Yes, today I put away the US flag the one our soldiers are carrying while spreading death and destruction against destitute, starving people once again, this time in Afganistan. Does anybody remember Vietman or Panama? Who cares if innocent children are starving in Iraq and others are losing their eyesight for lack of vitamins in the Cuban land? Who cares if we destroy the Amazon forest and pollute the Colombian rivers with deadly pesticides? Remember: We are Americans! The chosen ones! Yes, today I put away the US flag with its thirteen stripes and its fifty stars. I didn't do it for lack of love but out of fear for we are using our flag not as a beacon of justice and peace but as a symbol of imperialism and revenge throughout the world . Granted, a group of evil madmen brainwashed by hate and fanaticism destroyed our Twin Towers and killed thousands of our loved ones. We'll never forget them. But if we go around the globe taking an eye for an eye, very soon the world will go blind. Yes, today I put away the US flag, with its thirteen stripes and its fifty stars. I didn't do it for lack of love. I did it out of fear and despair because that beautiful flag has become a Goddess of death, a symbol of hollow patriotism which threatens to obscure our minds to the point that we are ready to offer our youth on the altar of war not to attain justice but revenge. So, this is my darkest secret: Today I put away the US flag all blue red and white with its thirteen stripes and its fifty stars. |
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