By Jessica Daniel
I am arrested / in the summer / when my eyes
are edged with ruby / and the drumming sun
/ has begun the grand procession / I’m a part
of the world’s / best marching band today / an
element of the parade / I hope / they perceive /
me as objection / assume I am rebellion incited
/ though I love the machine / I am integral gears
/ the bellow of the undying horn / the darkest
harmony / and now clamour gives way / to a great
silence / helicopter sleeping on the crest of the
hill / I almost forget / the why and why and why
/ my plunder dense / my life abruptly small /
but I hear the music begin again / the trumpets
of my heart / tandem to their clicking black guns
/ it is the day / so much longer than night / they
prod me into singing metal cages / smugly / with
surety / that’s how I know / I know I need never
see sundown / need never cease the patriot’s song
About the author:
Jessica Daniel is an Indian-American teenage artist currently living in New England. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the violin and drinking tea.
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