If Billy Collins

I hope this is legit to post, this is from an article in the atlantic monthly written by Garrison Kellor in which he re-writes the star spangled banner as if it were written by different poets. He does this one as if it were written by Billy Collins;

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Like so many great moments in history,
You come upon it without meaning to.
You're a lawyer who goes to negotiate for the release of a prisoner
And voila you become one yourself.

There is this incredibly perilous fight going on
And I suppose a person should be thinking about freedom
Or bravery but I must admit
I would give anything for a cup of coffee right now.

Like a Starbucks made by a girl in a stripped blouse,
A latte streaming and gleaming.
But that seems less likely at the moment
Than Betsy Ross doinga striptease, stripe by stripe.

The graceful arc of the rockets, like Don
Larsen's curve ball for the Bronx Bombers.
He was a hero and then suddenly he was gone.
I wonder whta's going to happen to that flag.

Somebody could write a poem about this,
Something to mark this whole thing that's going on,
But if they did, probably they shouldn't include
The coffee and that part about Betsy dropping the flag.