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What if we decided to name ourselves with a different word? When we watched the nightly news, neighborhood is what we heard. After all the way we’re headed I don’t know what else to do. I know John has said it well for years and yes I wish it was true. Imagine walking to the park and all saw you without reference Think what it would mean if we no longer saw the difference Rather all relished their humanity and acted with extended hand We all joined together and made a kindness stand Like an old time barn raising where all worked to raise it true. Would it not be nice if that was how it was and what we tried to do? If all the stones in our foundation aren’t set solid in the mortar How long shall our structure stand, useful and in working order? We focus on the middle class and ponder what to do However until all sit at the table our structure is not true We fail to see the problem when we apply a bailout patch We pass laws against social illness disparity continues to hatch Why don’t we learn from yesterday and build a bright tomorrow Rather than continue to face the world with so many left in sorrow America you had a founding purpose failed to ever anoint All must be included or we Americans have missed the point Imagine what the world would think if we let all share in the bounty What if we did not abandon one even in our smallest county? When all know they are included very few will break the rules When will our civil servants ever recognize these clues? Nations andNeighborhoods are like a building and need a solid foundation If we do not work for that we shall have a shaky nation. Remember you never stand so tall, as when you stoop to help another Look around my friends and say to them, all of you are my brother One family of humanity…the only race we need to see!!!
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