Been suspicious my whole life about this but I have also always loved a good parade.
Back in the day
where I come from,
a little town
full of ex-soldiers
and buxom mothers,
all white,
we were taught the truth.
Just a lot of stuff
was glossed over
maybe.
But if you listened carefully,
you learned
the United States of America
was born
of colonialism, genocide,
misogyny and slavery.
Turns out
cowboy movies
aren’t factual
and Randolph Scott
was gay.