Tonight's Poet Corner: To Outsmart A Dictator
To Outsmart A Dictator by Belinda Roddie I painted a picture of me burning an American flag, and since it's not the same as actually burning an American flag, I didn't get my citizenship yanked away from me like an ice cream cone. Fancy that! I made fun of the president, but I oh, so very slightly, changed his last name - an extra vowel here, a new consonant there - so if I ever got arrested for sedition, I'd shrug and reply, "I don't know why the president thinks it's about him. Is that his name? That's not his name. Not everything is about you, Mister President. Grow a pair and grow up." I bought an aerosol can and sprayed fireworks along the overpass so the fourth of July could feel like mine again. My independence hangs in the balance, traveling through loop holes and seeking shortcuts. If you play the game right, this country's still yours to verbally ream if you feel like it deserves to be. I'm an artist, and hone