- Keith Banner
4th of July Poem on the 4th of July
deerhorn avenue
off john gray
road
today
and walked up a hill
surrounded by
1970s
ranch-styles
people
shooting
off
secret fireworks
no one out front though
everyone
in backyards
doing that
and the sun
so hot it makes you
wonder who
you are
deep down
america is a bunch of
houses
neighbors
who don't know
each other
don't want to know
each other
i get it
but still
there's this ache
this beautiful
ache
to want to
and that's
something
i guess
that they want to

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