This poem is taken from Poetry Nation 1 Number 1, 1973.
Newspaper Story
Newspaper Story
Santa Barbara News Press
Feb. 16th, 1973
I.
In Hartford City, Indiana,
Lived a factory worker, Gary,
Patriotic enough to invest
What little cash he could spare
In US Savings Bonds.
His reward came in the shape
Of a flag. But not rich enough
To own a house, an apartment
Or a flagpole on which to hang it,
Gary pinned up the flag
In his minibus as a curtain.
II.
When Gary was arrested
For desecrating the flag
His hair was noted to be
...
Santa Barbara News Press
Feb. 16th, 1973
I.
In Hartford City, Indiana,
Lived a factory worker, Gary,
Patriotic enough to invest
What little cash he could spare
In US Savings Bonds.
His reward came in the shape
Of a flag. But not rich enough
To own a house, an apartment
Or a flagpole on which to hang it,
Gary pinned up the flag
In his minibus as a curtain.
II.
When Gary was arrested
For desecrating the flag
His hair was noted to be
...
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