OUT FITs — 4th of July
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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