Bananas Republic Author:J. J. McNiece Bananas Republic is America’s funhouse looking glass. Political poetry & essay that bites apple pie and spits “Who forgot the sugar!” A sidesplitting dirge to that shining City on a hill and ode to a Country in a culvert. Oh America! You Rome of Right and Left. Babylon of Black and White. Come see your true reflection. Bana... more »nas Republic shall be your guide, your docent, your Merlin o’er the purple mountains and waving grains. Hold on tight! There’ll be bullets and blades, fire and floods, goblins and ghosts, dragons and magic, celebrity and scandal. But Camelot awaits. For every American is Arthur. Every vote Excalibur. Come and learn to rule with wisdom. Come jump into the lake and claim your kingdom, Republican Democracy.« less