911

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Hard to believe it was twenty three years ago that the twin towers fell. We need to not forget.

911
By Franklin Price
09/11/2024

Three and twenty years ago
Terror rang its awful bell
In the midst of New York City
The great and tall twin towers fell

Slammed by hijacked liners
Deviated from their flight
Took our independent nation
From the day into the night

Thousands died there on that day
At the Pentagon we lost
A field in Pennsylvania
Also added to the cost

There was no nation there to fight
These were terrorists with dough
Billionaires had funded them 
What to do, we did not know

We went to war with countries
Targeted Iraq, Iran
To make it even better
We fought in Afghanistan

For over twenty years 
We sent our soldiers over there 
Many killed and wounded
And our fighting more than fair

 Since we did not fight the country
But the terrorists within
We could not hurt the population
To damage them would be a sin

There was no way to win the war
We finally pulled out everyone
The terrorists took over
Now its worse than when begun

We are protectors of the world
Have been since World War Two
Give of ourselves to everyone
We should try out something new

Trillions of dollars is our debt
From giving everything away
We borrow bucks from China
Who may own us one fine day

Communism and democracy
Capitalism one and all
The ones who have the money
Will cause the other ones to fall

We've donated to our allies
Just to keep them as a friend
While our own go cold and hungry
Which has come to no good end

The USA's our country
Home of the brave and free
A promise land for citizens
That's including you and me

We welcome here most anyone
Who contributes to our way
Terrorists and criminals
Cannot be added to the fray

Our borders need protecting
Not to let the bad ones here
There's a qualifying  process 
For rejecting when they're near

We all need to pull together
Or we'll lose this once great land
Nine Eleven is still with us
We must address it hand in hand

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