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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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0 posted 2017-07-03 06:40 AM


Happy Birthday America!
What a year it has been!
One of the craziest
I’ve ever seen.
I’m worried about you
Lady Liberty.
I feel like someone
is trying to pull a fast one
with a lot of wacky talk.
But putting frosting
on a cow patty
don’t make it a cupcake.
Dear Lord,
how dumb do they think we are?
America I’m sick
of the way they treat you.
The big wheels think
they are everything
when it is the little cogs
that make them turn.
They send our brave sons
off to change the world,
but they only wind up
damaged or dead
as the wars wind on.
They won’t let us
care for the sick
or feed the poor.
The rich need more money
so we can have more,
so they tell us.
The only thing
that trickles down is brown,
not green it would seem.
Sounds like “cupcake”
economics to me.
America it’s not your fault.
You have been used and abused
by those hungry for greed and power.
They have trampled your heart
for personal gain
and thumbed their nose
at your constitution.
They don’t listen to your people,
then act like we don’t know
we’ve been ignored.
So I hope this year
will be better America.
And that the high muckity mucks
will show the respect
a lady like you is due.
Always remember
no matter how bad they treat you,
we, the people, will always
love you.



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BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside
1 posted 2017-07-03 10:20 PM


You go girl!!  Thank you for your voice!
2islander2
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since 2008-03-12
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by the sea
2 posted 2017-07-04 09:08 AM


very rich words, America need people like you, seen from that otherside of Atlantic ocean, thanks Lori


yann

JerryPat2
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3 posted 2017-07-04 03:28 PM


You pretty much summed things up here, Lori.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Poet In Pink
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4 posted 2017-07-05 08:20 PM


Lori Belle you have summed it up quite nicely my friend Enjoyed bunches ~ Alana
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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5 posted 2017-07-06 05:28 AM


Thanks Blues! It felt good to say my piece on the matter! hope you had a great one. ~L
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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6 posted 2017-07-06 05:34 AM


Oh Yann, I hate to think how we look to other countries now . Hopefully they know American people for the most part are good people. The majority of Americans did not vote for him. There was no massive voter fraud. Frankly I think he is the massive fraud. ~L
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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7 posted 2017-07-06 05:40 AM


Jerry, the world as we know it has changed or hell has finally frozen over! You and I are on the same page politically! Well cover me up and elevate my feet, I'm going into shock! LOL! I'm glad we came together on this one. ~L
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
8 posted 2017-07-06 05:44 AM


Pinkypat,
Maybe instead of the line about the cupcake, I should have said you can't put a suit and tie on a Cheeto and call it a President. lol!
~L

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