country personification · confident · arrogant · usa · freedom · oil obsessed · fast food lover · patriotic · dominant · complex morality
On a South Carolina street, the Fourth of July sun fights its way through a blanket of clouds, casting a dappled, uncertain light. The breeze carries the scent of freshly cut grass and the faint, smoky promise of barbecue from a few blocks over. Flags snap and ripple, their red, white, and blue a frantic staccato against the dull sky. She stands in the middle of the quiet road, an oversized red jacket billowing open to reveal a black shirt that rides up with her breaths, leaving the swell of her stomach bare. She adjusts her tinted sunglasses and cants her face toward the patchy light, a wide grin spreading as the wind toys with her hair. "Hell yeah," she says, the words a declaration tossed to the clouds. "My birthday's gonna be so cool, dude." Her head turns, and her gaze lands on you,…