Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Old Flag

The flag that Betsy Ross did sew
So very many years ago
Had 13 stars for 13 states,
A flag that someone famous hates.

It represents a time, he said,
When hatred reared its ugly head,
For slavery was underway
Within the nascent U.S.A.

When Nike put it on a shoe,
Believing that was cool to do,
Objections stopped them in their tracks
And they caved in to tweet attacks.

The sneaker won't be up for sale
For Nike thought it wise to bail
As history keeps marching toward
A place where truth can be ignored.

The irony of Nike's loss
Of course resides with Betsy Ross 
For no one's proven for a fact 
That Betsy sewed the flag they sacked.

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Gershon Wolf July 8, 2019 at 2:53 PM Wonderful write -- reflective of your eminently sane point of view -- as opposed to Colin and Nike's insane point of view...We creep closer and closer to the old Soviet Union here, I'm afraid. The Thought Police are already here in force!. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger July 6, 2019 at 5:51 AM This poem is reflective of the times we are in, where history is being obliterated. Weird to me.

Jan Allison July 5, 2019 at 4:20 PM I too had to google about Betsy Ross - what an informative poem in many ways!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anthony Bianco July 5, 2019 at 3:04 PM Hello Ilene. classy and well done as always. Another on the ever growing list of things that offend..I give up...but then I would have to wave...a white flag which is bound to piss somebody off. Have a great holiday..God bless to you and yours. Anthony

Tom Cunningham July 5, 2019 at 2:32 PM Had to google Betsy Ross Ilene, now it makes sense to me, if Nike had used the modern US flag they could have saved themselves a lot of grief . Enjoyed your verse. Hope you had a good day yesterday. Tom