July 1st

I Happy Birthday USA But the short and long of it Political correctness, sungay- pungay - America for short, United States in it "Norte Americanos", or US citizens Celebrate on July 4th And I have lived & lived that too God bless America! Amen II And God Bless AMERICAS, South too! There is colonialism in language We gloss over it, except with Sex Then we insist on being so correct: LGBTQ and LGBTQIA And then the Census: add new 'race' - Yet America. Or America's includes Cuba And St. Vincent, and your favorites Yet we exclude at will, call Africa, 'coubtry' When it has more than 50 countries And I am calked "Asian" even when I never visited, or had parents born in it Yes, language helps us celebrate - Some people, places, preferences, prejudice And now some truth Can you handle it?