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Seen and Heard

In my                                                                                                                                                                          lifetime,                                                                                                                                                                      I have both                                                                                                                                                                  seen and heard:                                                                                                                                                                 

Love and Hate                                                                                                                                                             War and Peace                                                                                                                                                  Poverty and Need                                                                                                                                                  Bigotry and Misery                                                                                                                                             Prosperity and Greed                                                                                                                                                Hope and Heartaches                                                                                                                                          Honesty and Cheating                                                                                                                                      Capitalism and Socialism
Presidents, Good and Bad                                                                                                                                             Lies and Broken Promises                                                                                                                                Hypocrisies and Atrocities                                                                                                                            Catastrophes and Scarcities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Alibies and Procrastinations                                                                                                                                     
Catholicism And Protestantism
Chaos And Riots In The Streets
Communism And Totalitarianism 
Compromises and Contradictions
False Christianity, harming and hurting                                                                                                                   The True Body of Christ helping to heal,                                                                                                                   to house, to feed, and to save humanity.

And the longer I live, the more I believe                                                                                                                                 that in spite of the many wounds and scares,                                                                                                       (past and present), inflicted by Americans upon                                        
other Americans; America's system of principles                                       
and laws, it's ideas and ideals, (still progressive works                                  
in process), yet remain our way forward and the world's best hope.

Written 082720; Posted 070221; Entered PSCtest 070421,                           A Brian Strand July 4 Contest, Brian Strand

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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