Challenge
July Drabble Challenge: MURRICA
Tell me a story tied to the USA in exactly 100 words. Winning entry will be selected by me and will be a prose, not poetry, submission. Wow me with your lean, mean, American tale in honor of the Fourth of July. Take it in a patriotic direction, an ironic spin, tell a war story, or examine the modern United States with a critical eye (or all of the above). Tie in to the theme in any creative storytelling way you can. I'll read and judge the entries in early August.
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Vespucciland
I was born an American.
I was raised an American.
I was fed American lies.
Un-American lies are more tragic than American lies, but they're still all lies.
I can still love American. Not the style, the country.
Judge America by its past and it's hard to like the present. Can't that be said of anyone?
Has America paid all its debts to society? Regardless, it's still a convicted felon. An "offender."
For me, America remains on probation. And as one of its probation officers, I can still argue with Americans.
And love American. I can. To make Amerigo proud.