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Happy Birthday, Usa

Long live the USA, my native land, the birthplace
of my granddaughter,  Shelby Renae.
Let's teach our grandchildren how to be kind.
To be thoughtful is a talent well-defined.
Don't wait until the Fourth, start today.

So many dynamos here keep up a steady pace
Let's say, "Thank You, USA!"
We disregard people, they feel left behind.
"Ingratitude is treason to mankind."
Say, "Thank You, USA," ev'ry day.

This Fourth honor your fellow citizens just because...
you can,  Thank folks for their time,
was "Forty Hour Week", Alabama's catchy phase.
Overlooking people is an offense, a thoughtless crime.
A smile gives credit and helps to crush malaise.

Busy cheering every step, where'er your networks cross
happy is the heart that eyes the climb.
Some hearts, running on empty, are laboring in a daze.
Let's fuel them, they are drained-out pumps we can prime;
Make this holiday worth the effort; celebrate with praise.
      

line 9:  quote by James Thomson, Scottish poet, 1700-1748
http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/James+Thomson/1/index.html
line 13: song title,  http://www.lyricsdepot.com/alabama/40-hour-week.html

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/27/2014 11:45:00 PM

So about my limerick. I only chose Brother as the subject because it allowed me to say "we spied on him." However, I did have two stepbrothers. The one was a very upright decent guy, long gone, killed by a drunk driver in '85. The nasty stepbrother was one I could imagine in my limerick. He once spied on ME as I took a bath. We found he had put a chair up to the outside window of our small bathroom looking in!!! Also,mom found nasty stuff in his sheets and playboys under the bed. What a guy!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/27/2014 11:43:00 PM

hey, this is sure a nice patriotic one I chose to come way back here and talk to you!! Your poem is one that everyone needs to read. There is so little appreciation these days.