Stars And Stripes Poem by Shirley Harrison

(Request your 2024 election ballot) an advert asking expats to vote for their country
and as I myself am an expat
I have to admit, I did enter all my credentials
even knowing that my information
wouldn't be excepted
I was a fake
an imposter
after all I'm not American
and I've only ever been on
American soil
for a few weeks in my entire life
but I did feel the need to try my luck
If for nothing else but for pity
after all one less vote for Trump
would surely make the world greater?
when the computer finally refused my application
I went to have a long hot bubble bath
to find my serenity
and as I lay there in the comfort
of my surrounding candle light
and my generous helping of merlot
I couldn't help but think
about the honest American people
the ones who really want to make America great again
I wonder if they will ever
be able to bathe again in serenity?