Western Hemisphere.
Early July.
Sweltering weather.
The air thick with flags and grievance.
The summer humidity the least part
of the suffocating atmosphere.
True then.
True two and a half centuries on.
Fabrics that let you breathe.
Ink louder than fireworks.
A small knife for the stubborn parts.
Red.
White.
Blue.
Sharp.
“We made a promise we swore we’d always remember.” ~Bruce Springsteen
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
Components
Book: A Thousand Small Sanities by Adam Gopnik
Sunglasses: Aviators
Notebook: Founding Documents by Field Notes (free with order! Printed in the USA)
Sparklers: Made in USA Diamond Sparklers (Made in Ohio)
Knife: Case Peanut (Made in Pennsylvania)
Shirt: Abercrombie & Fitch Embroidered Eyelet Shirt
Tank: Abercrombie & Fitch Essential Ribbed Tank
Bandana: Blood Sweat Steel by Steel City
Album: Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Bottle Opener: Line of Trade Machined Steel (Made in Connecticut)
Coca-Cola: Beverages Direct (Made in Mexico)
Pants: AE Pull-on Trekker Pant
Watch: Spinnaker Spence
Sandals: Birkenstock Arizona
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