In goodwill gesture crowds color-coded words stand on 
tiptoe to shout, necks crane sore to watch people not 
like them beaten, attacked and crushed beneath: flag-
waving arms that learn to hit flag-burning infidels 
glistening with spit; flag waving arms stretched upwards 
in support of white-minded individuals working to curb 
freedoms once fought for by people in picket lines, by 
people on bus rides, by people behind bedroom doors, and 
by people in abortion clinics.