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Independence Day? |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 Things have changed in the USA, Don't mean to blame just the ole Crowd, it goes much further than that, I feel we're up to our last bat. Everybody's got their hands out, We're in an intelligent drought. We've untaught children decades, With skulls full of mush we have played. Everyone's on the honor roll, Now we will pay a heavy toll. The will to work for daily bread, Has been ill, and now it is dead. We have a president so bad, Might as well be living in Chad. We'll be a Third World country soon, And that, friend, will be our blue moon. There are some in this land of ours, Here to do mischief from afar. Some wear robes or burkas to prayer, It must be hard to breathe the air. Homegrown radicals set to fight, They are for change and will excite. This land of the free may be doomed, We're engulfed in traitorous fumes. America, land that I love, Can you remain what I'm proud of? We have a battle we must win, Will we stay strong or a has been? ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Here's to hoping that the bans that have been lifted in my County to where fireworks will and may be a spark, light a thought within the dark and speak to them that are in shadows, a thought as pure as a spring time's meadow, that if not for change, some moments ago this life they would have never known.  Thank you, Jerry I hope you enjoy a grand Fourth of July! "The business of the poet...is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things." Thomas Hardy [This message has been edited by Sunshine (07-03-2011 10:19 PM).] |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, sunshine, may the fourth be good for you also. Liked your poem. ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You're quite welcome. And...I very much like your byline....  |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
JP I may be acting the part of Candide here, and perhaps my foolish traits have taken over my brain. But history has shown me that we have experienced the bottom of the ninth before, with a tie score, and the field manager itchin' to turn out the lights. And then a group of someone's steps up to the plate with a big bat. A true group of thinking patriots, and knocks the ball out'a the park, saving the game. It feels that that is where we are, J.P.--at the bottom of the ninth. Thanks for the poem |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I feel that also, Ice, the fourth line of of the poem is "I feel we're up to our last bat." I hope you are right and there is someone to hit it over centerfield fence. tank you for visiting and commenting. ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
The fourth line is what put in my mind the words of my reply, J.P. That center field fence is way out there, the batter better be packin a big stick, baseball bat, that is.. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
You bet he had, Ice. Beginning to look bad for the home team. I have to say I never thought I would lived to see what is going on now, and has been going on for the last forty or so years. ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Jerry, I hear you loud and clear! I don't share those feelings but I know that most of America does. I think you really got to the heart of the anxiety that has plagued the Country. Well done Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I'm confused, Lori. You said you "don't share those feelings," and at the same time it seems that you do. Maybe it's just me. St any rate, thank you for reading and commenting. ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I'm just not as pessimistic, nor do I lay the blame entirely on the President. I take issue with the press and Polititions that proliferate misinformation. I think opposition for oppostion's sake is unethical and deeply unAmerican. I think that the powers that be create and take advantage of an apathetic, misinformed and ignorant electorate. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Did you think that "opposition for oppostion's sake is unethical" when George Bush was the target? ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Yes. I'm really independant and what is wrong for one side is wrong for the other. Personally I think both parties have given themselves too much power and they are both using unconstitutional practices. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I pretty much agree with you about too much power, Lori. I do think the present president deserves a lot of blame, if not all of the blame, for loss of jobs and for kow-towing to our enemies and insulting our friends. ~ It's amazing how many women a woman can be. ~ |
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