Pledge Revised

I pledge allegiance to the flag

Of the United States of

Energy and chemistry and

All the life squeezed in between,

Not to an idol or single cause, but to

Santa Clause and menopause

And our Lord Byron and dandelions;

I'll blame your shameful games for fame

On puberty and lack of name

Regardless, hoping we reach nirvana

A single bodied, harmonious flame

Of glorious life, ridden of strife,

Arteries pulsing with blood zero type,

And we'll strip the bare truth clean from the hype of

Liberty and justice

For all.