Folding the Flag.

• Author: Rogoff, Jay
• Position: Poem

Folding the Flag With a lover or friend stretch it out at waist-height and parallel to the ground. Fold lengthwise so blue midnight and its strict constellation vanishes under pure-white and blood-red, a frisson along the stripes, shot between you. Fold again lengthwise, a lot like unmaking a bed in which no one is ever just sleeping. The stars should stay outside as in the universe. From the stripy end, fold it up in small triangles, kissing when you meet. Tuck in the end, creating a cocked newspaper hat from whole cloth, a thing...