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I AM FREE TO DO SO

America FIRST

By Victor MendezPublished 23 days ago 1 min read
I AM FREE TO DO SO
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I AM FREE TO DO SO

America FIRST

8/23/2026

Just when I think the well is dry, I run into

one little line and a whole bunch of other

lines, like spider-webs connect. This came

from a story I was reading about a woman that

rescues a kitty and her line that said,

"The gray kitten, now named Barnaby" sounded

so wonderful to me and yet at the same time

it was absurd in my ears knowing at any moment

storm troopers can come to my door having dis-

covered an ethnic unwanted by the elite and this

is my story-like millions of others these days.

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I want to find a cat named Barnaby

Well,

How would I know, you ask?

Because,

I am free to do so.

A grayish and black-striped wise tabby

or a tawny, green-eyed monster kitty.

And when I look at him,

He looks like a Barnaby.

I want to take a step outside

Take a walk,

Take a drive.

What,

is stopping you, you ask?

Nothing,

I am free to do so

But I also have to look in all directions

For Black SUVs

and darker hues

with government plates

or tiny hubcaps...

with spotlights on the left side front-door

I am not a criminal,

But I could be...

In someone else's eyes.

I want to visit the Vietnam memorial in D.C.

Again you ask why..you are free to do so.

I am free to do so

At least for now.

But I live in a country with numerous traps

There are borders to cross

Many hostile states whose ethnicity questions mine

I live in a country where freedom

Is not for everybody

Only for the whitest of white

Or most subservient of lesser colors

The elite of our caste

I want my freedom back

My right to exist

Because I am!

I exist...

I am free to do so

But not in America!

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About the Creator

Victor Mendez

Born in 1958.There's a lot of road beneath these feet.Worn out pairs upon pairs of shoes.Been a ranch kid,a city kid,a Marine,a dad, a grandfather now,an avid reader and just recently began writing poetry in 2015 just to vent.

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