Nationalism without Culture

this inaugural makes me

miss the inaugurals of bush
with feisty, loving protest

as alice walker
on democracy now begins her remarks by saying 
obama's inauguration gives us a "chance 
to take our leadership position in the world..."

and she wonders why inaug 
not in june
if it were
revolutions might have been
in 2000 and other years

biden hilarious
talking about how americans 
built the monuments in dc
frank lloyd wright
argued we should build a new capital 
and need a culture

[originally published at husseini.org on Jan. 20, 2009]