The American Flag And My Body Are On Fire

"The American Flag And My Body Are On Fire"
by Jake Kilroy

AN EXCERPT:
Thank goodness the elephants and donkeys started starving. It only seems to be a fair trade for the gluttony of years before.

The elephants began begging for peanuts and the donkeys started begging for attention. It seemed mildly ironic that the elephants were scouring the planet for their own energy when they seemed so against alternative fuel, like they had stabbed themselves in the chest and were wondering where the last butter knife in the house was. The donkeys were hardly more of an attraction. They slept in shadows. Without a spotlight, no good deed has self-praise, and nobody cares if a donkey dies in the dark.

Maybe the elephants should have rethought their policies and the donkeys should have reviewed their politics. The elephants had too much confidence, so they never thought they'd go hungry and the donkeys were too meek, so they were to scared to eat their fair share.

Both parties shall starve to death, their bones laying waste to what was overlooked. As their carcasses sink further into the earth, as the rivers pour over the graves and the flowers magnificently bloom over what was once a sputtering cough of a dying animal, there will be peace.