The Sixties
The Sixties
By: Tom Wright
3/11/98
In protest
"Hippies" burned our flag.
fashioning clothes
that some wore in drag.
Protesting a "Conflict"
they were not for.
Espousing a slogan
"Make Love Not War".
They gave peace signs
while "Grass" they smoked.
As young men died
they sunned and joked.
Draft cards
many saw fit to burn.
Then said in haste
to Canada we'll turn.
Now criminals
at this day and time.
But upon return
found there was no crime.
Seeing "Old Glory's" treatment
I became quite wroth.
For she's more to me
than Stars & Stripes on cloth.
Our Flag signifies
what America is about.
Always given due respect
when taken down or hung out.
Today, America,
is in deep moral decay.
While there is yet hope
to God, let us pray.
Today, from this carefree,
promiscuous generation.
Comes one Bill Clinton
attempting to lead our great Nation.
While America seems doomed
on Her steep downhill slide.
Pray that God, in His mercy
will once more turn the tide.
If truly for our Nation
the die has been cast.
In respect for what was
I'll fly "Old Glory" half mast.
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2019
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