Well, my Bob Dylan alarm started flashing at the Captain's Tower and Valerie and Vivian.
Overall, I get a mood here of loss of innocence in an American suburb that was never innocent to begin with. Something about racist attitudes shifting from open antagonism to something more quietly sinister. Literally whitewashed. I read Queequeg here to be how the residents saw some random black guy they were harassing for incredibly petty reasons, like squeezing a pomegranate (which I read literally) before deciding whether to buy it. I might be wrong about lots here. I probably got about half of the references but I really liked all of the poem. I think I got it emotionally. I might not know exactly what "Pinewood Derbies" and "Rotary potluck dinners" are but I can get what they signify.
I did wonder if the final adonic might be "Are we not happy" (for the metre) but then realised it's probably more of an ironically smug statement than a question.
Edit: I just googled "Pinewood Derbies" and "Rotary potluck dinners" and I was more or less right about both, though I thought the pinewood derby cars would be bigger and driveable, rather than models. A bit like Nemo's in his profile picture.
