Challenge
July Drabble Challenge: MURRICA
Tell me a story tied to the USA in exactly 100 words. Winning entry will be selected by me and will be a prose, not poetry, submission. Wow me with your lean, mean, American tale in honor of the Fourth of July. Take it in a patriotic direction, an ironic spin, tell a war story, or examine the modern United States with a critical eye (or all of the above). Tie in to the theme in any creative storytelling way you can. I'll read and judge the entries in early August.
I am a Canadian. Im proud, in my notable red, white, but limited blue garb to ensure everyone is aware of the fact. I glower at the Peace Arch from my friends car, parked alongside our unseasonably priced apartments-- but I know if we get rear-ended we have completely covered health insurance. Canada and America are brothers, neighbours, allies. We have our own version of 'southern hicks'. Im part of that. My Portuguese grandparents fought alongside the Americans. If America were bombed, Canada would be too. How weird, that we don't like each-other, but are the same. Siblings, for sure.