In the summer of 1964, the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine became a battleground for the soul of a nation. As civil rights protesters swam in a pool labeled "white only," the owner poured a vial of muriatic acid into the water, a vicious chemical fire meant to burn them out. He called it "cleaning the pool."

"The Dominant Strain," reclaims that moment, and asks a searing question: has the method of purification really changed?

"And there’s still bleach in the water
from trying to force out the others...
You’re Floating off to the shallow side."

The acid becomes the ultimate metaphor for a national sickness—the relentless, violent pursuit of a "pure" and shallow gene pool. We trace a line from the literal acid of 1964 to the systemic, bureaucratic "bleach" used today to subtract, erase, and dominate.

This is not a history lesson. It is a mirror. It’s a haunting reminder that the fight for the deep, wide waters of our shared humanity continues, and the dominant strain has always been, and will always be, resilience.

Watch. Remember. Swim Deeper.

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