Flags
by John McKernan
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From the
Republic of Lightning
Illuminate
granite tombstones
melted brass nameplates
Set vast oak trees
On fire
Crack
Water towers
It would be OK with me
If lightning would slither
Deep into the earth
So the dead
Could prowl this earth again
I’d rather meet
My Father’s
Rickety skeleton
On Q Street in South Omaha
Than in the booming nightmares
of my nights
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