This Fourth
This Fourth of July
Tariffs and a trade war
Inflation rising
Calls for regime change
The folly of wars of choice
The sound of bombs dropping
Rogues and damn scoundrels
Doing their worst, unrestrained
God bless America
But they got their tax cuts
And Supreme Court justices
The spoils of the feast
Big, beautiful bombs, then,
And bills signed in blood
And fraught with impunity
The half-life of dreams
Decay by design
A body drained of integrity
This Fourth, a playlist
A soundtrack for this note courtesy of Sault (spotify version)
- Glory
- Sorry ain't enough
- Why why why why why
- Warrior
- Living in America
- Fear no one
- Threats
- Valley of the ocean
- Free
- Wildfires
- God in disguise
- Masterpiece
Bonus beats: There will be no crying by Cleo Sol
...
The Strait of Hormuz
Motherhood and apple pie
Time for a ceasefire
...
No nation sinks to greater depths than when its government is obliged to listen silently to moral sermons preached by obvious scoundrels
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
See previously: A Very Beautiful Thing!, Facilitate, You Voted For This (And Other Songs), and An Abundance of Caution
File under: hatchet job, humour, satire, rogues, politics, USA, culture, observation, perception, values, displacement, Observers are worried, Buyer's Remorse, poetry, toli
Writing log: June 23, 2025
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