Another Day in the Life
By (SEK is on line at the gas station waiting for a pump to open, listening to the “Hamilton” soundtrack, admittedly too loudly because he is deaf, when OLD WHITE MAN ambles up and taps on his window.)
OLD WHITE MAN: (angrily) …!
SEK: (rolls down window) Sorry, what, I couldn’t hear you?
OLD WHITE MAN: (irately) …!
SEK: (turns down “Hamilton” soundtrack) Sorry, again, what can I do you for?
OLD WHITE MAN: Turn that crap down.
“HAMILTON” SOUNDTRACK:
Thomas, that was a real nice declaration,
Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation.
Would you like to join us, or stay mellow,
Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?SEK: What?
OLD WHITE MAN: Turn your nigger music down, there are kids here.
SEK: …‽
OLD WHITE MAN: This used to be a Christian nation.
“HAMILTON” SOUNDTRACK:
A civics lesson from a slaver? Hey neighbor,
Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor.
“We plant seeds in the South. We create,”
Yeah, keep ranting, we know who’s really doing the planting.(OLD WHITE MAN walks back to his car. SEK attempts to pick up his jaw from the floor mats of his.)
SEK: (to himself) WHAT. THE. FUCK.
[Following due consideration, post title updated]