My Country Tis of Thee

it waved at me
but i was not friqhtened by the gesture

the stallion red,
the flourescent white,
the unblemished blue,


now 
the lastest addition to the american dream, a newborn

in her own time will sing
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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