When I see Old Glory wave
I picture Lady Liberty beckoning
to boatloads of refugees ~
not cattle rustlers hanging in effigy
When I hear Taps playing
I think of young soldiers
who gave their lives for freedom ~
even as gunfire crackles in urban slums
When I see fireworks on the Fourth
I am grateful for our independence
and for our growth as a nation ~
as for iniquities we do penance
When I hear the National Anthem playing
I stop what I'm doing and saying
Remove my hat from my head, place hand over heart
~ Pray that my country not cleave apart
Categories:
boatloads, america, holiday, prayer, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
Friction
Dereliction
Tattoo addiction
Drones
Bunk loans
"You're fired" immune deficiency syndrome
Boatloads
Troll roads
Hipster mustachioed
Deadlock
Rhetoric squawk
Locker room talk
Medication
Gene mutation
Social syndication
Accuse
Right to choose
Hashtag abuse
Getting fatter
Online chatter
whose lives matter?
Political turbidity
Global humidity
Pokemon stupidity
Going viral
Vinyl revival
Fallen idyll
Categories:
boatloads, life, world,
Form: Free verse