Lawrence
Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's
Journal of Life, Literature and Love
The Flag and the Fourth Amendment flown
at Half-Mast
Down at the Post Office
“VEHICLES AND THEIR CONTENTS ARE SUBJECT TO
INSPECTION WHEN ENTERING, LEAVING, OR WHILE PARKED WITHIN THIS RESTRICTED AREA.
ENTERING INTO THIS AREA CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE INSPECTION. (39 C. F. R.
PART 232.1(b)(2)”
-a new sign screwed
to the wall at my rural post office
The flag was flown at half-mast again today
As it often is for weeks at a time, it seems
A moment in history? A loss? A death?
Maybe another Texas senator or bird dog? 1
The flag was flown at half-mast again today
Some guy down the street flew it upside down
Protesting or surrendering or not paying attention
To the latest crisis in our decaying republic
The flag was flown at half-mast again today -
I wonder if now it will always be that way
1 A reference to a line in True Grit
