Saw Our Maple on your backpack, Funny… yesterday it wasn’t there. Changed your story at the Border, Borrowed somebody else’s flair. Turns out flags can be disguises, Cheap as patches bought downtown. Funny what assholes wear with pride When their own’s worn upside down. Flagjack’n at the airport, Flagjack’n crossing seas. Borrowing a neighbour’s welcome With no easy “sorry” or “please.” A flag ain’t just a costume, Or a shortcut through the line. Trust is stitched a little deeper Than a patch you wear one time. So who are you… When nobody’s watching? Who are you… When our flag comes off? ⸻ FLAGJACK’N… Borrowing a welcome. Borrowing a name. Borrowing somebody else’s story While pretending it’s the same. FLAGJACK’N… You can wear the colours, You can learn the tune… But you can’t inherit character One afternoon. ⸻ Then they shrank two continents Down to one convenient word. Drew a border round a country, Acted like that’s all you heard. Fifty states became “America,” As if maps obeyed decree. The Rest of Us are footnotes To somebody else’s Dream. “Un-American!”: Listen to the weight it bears. Not just disagreement— A warning wrapped in sneer. First they capture language. Then they capture every frame. If they get to name the World, They get to rewrite every Game. Keep a seam ripper in our pockets Not to tear what others made. Just to pull the funded stitches From a counterfeit charade. Slide it under Fear & Hatred, Lift the thread of every Lie. Propaganda’s patched together— Watch the false seams come untied. Keep your fabric. Lose our flag. Keep the promise, not the show. Truth survives when careful hands Unpick what never should’ve sewn. ⸻ FLAGJACK’N… Sorry! You can’t trademark belonging. Sorry! You can’t copyright home. Sorry! You can’t fence a hemisphere Then claim it all alone. FLAGJACK’N… Flags don’t make a nation. People always do. The strongest colours flying Leave enough sky for everyone too. ⸻ Borrow the flag… Borrow the name… But you can’t borrow… the soul. So who are you… When nobody’s watching? Who are you… When our flag comes off?
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