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Sun 22 Jan, 2006 09:43 am
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 Robert Frost;
Whose flag this is I think I know
His house is being bombed now though
He will not see that I have come
To watch the twilight's ebbing glow.
My little horse must think it dumb,
The cannon's pandemonium,
The rocket's bursting in the air,
The sound of bugle, fife and drum,
He turns and shakes his derriere
To show me that he doesn't care
Who takes this battle flag or why,
When in the redness of the glare
I see the banner flying high
Through the tumult in the sky
And, knowing all is now okay,
We walk away, my horse and I.
The flag is lovely, hip horray,
But I have things to do today,
Some here and others far away,
Before I stop to hit the hay.
Stopping by Woods. I know that one, dys, but not Billy Collins.
Sentry: Halt! Who goes there?
Soldier: American, sir.
Sentry: Sing the fourth verse to the Star Spangled Banner.
Soldier: (in quavering voice). I don't know it, sir.
Sentry: Pass, American.
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