It’s That Time of Year Again

A poem

K. A. Bennett
Nov 2 · 2 min read
Photo by Alisa Anton on Unsplash

Amerifrickin’ Holidays
built on the backs
of cultures indoctrinated
to believe in phantoms
not of their own history

— a celebration of consumerism,
we shop at alters in stores
online and in strip malls —
give and give some more
— kaching!

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K. A. Bennett

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