How to Fight

from American Love by Camden Joy

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I wrote this around 2012 for my Presidential Coins series.

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There comes a time when every father takes his kids aside, advises them “be fair and humble,” shows them wrong from right. But after a time, every father says, “Bear them, well, try… but if some idiot insults you, this is how to fight: with a roll of coins held in each hand. To quote a Lichtenstein, “Blammety-blam!" God bless the presidential coin program. A heavy coin makes a heavyweight, and there are some folks… oh, goddamn!”

There came a vote, an act of Congress or of pure madness? The house was not unanimous. Perhaps that’s meaningless. Late 2005, the US Mint had backers lined up, left and right. But Alaska and a lotta Texas still knew how to fight. With a roll of coins held in each hand, Richard Lugar can helped to ugarstand.

But the vote revealed sense had long since fled. Bush signed it into law before year’s end.

Americans, that’s how happens. Now we’re making billions and losing millions, or making millions, and losing billions.

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from American Love, released July 4, 2020
Drums by Lukas Lerner. Bass by Mark Lerner.

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lo-fi americana and caustic wit swirl about a 1970s suburban garage where a 1950s country band plays timeless originals and succinct gems.

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