The Flag by Richard Evans
The Flag by Richard Evans it hung there like a noose around the neck of a people a road map in red and black with a series of right turns this destination unknown to me a boy half of twenty-one father was seeking shocked at what he found his stare a chisel to stone a large oak desk the trio who sat behind it bald, boots, tattoos with menace and calm grabbed hold of our eyes aborting peripheral vision a three second eternity chilled the air then the middle one chirped may we help you
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David Radavich’s poetry collections include two epics, AMERICA BOUND and AMERICA ABROAD, as well as MIDDLE-EAST MEZZE and THE COUNTRIES WE LIVE IN. His plays have been performed across the U.S. and in Europe. His latest book is UNTER DER SONNE / UNDER THE SUN: German Poems from Deutscher Lyrik Verlag.
www.davidradavich.org.
