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Original poem reprinted online here: "Like Any Good American" by Brynn Saito Originally read: April 5, 2013 More information about the Poet: Brynn Saito I think the message here is simple.  The title "Like Any Good American" refers to the actions of a country in the negative; however, by referring to the self "I" as a symbol of "America" then the political message of giving up to technology is buffered since the reference is to I, the plural disguised as a singular,  rather than the "American," the singular disguised as a plural.  However, the technique is interesting.  The spacing and line-breaks bring a difference to the message, but not a reversal.  For example, the spacing in between phrases like "I give it my eardrums         I give it my longing" juxtapose the actual and the emotion. But this is the huge note to this poem, that the breaks doesn't mean a break from the sentence structure.  Rather, the poem depend...