Voiced over musicals
Shopping carts, collect calls
Dust at dusk with pretty girls
Like the party at the street corner, it fades
Tapping feet, whistled notes
Excitement fills
The air
We love and we have loved
But nothing
Seems
To work
So we fill the churches, bend our knees
Cock our guns, fire blanks
Close the books, read the lines
Treat the wounds and rub our eyes
The sand castle built on the rubber sands
Pulls the gate, declares war
The wind turns it
To shame.
So we yell at cars, mix our drinks
Tie our shoes, lift the weights
Filing our half empty cups
To drain.
And they ask why are we
Afraid?
we wash our clothes with younger blood
laugh with family, cry with friends
take our pictures, hunt for food
Write the letters, spell the words

Our anthem begins
To sing.