democracy the exception?

democracy the exception?

A Poem by keith
"

winds denied our sails

"

democracy the exception?



democracy the exception?

9/11 /2001    1/6 /2021    6/28/2024

7/1/2024

oh one
oh twenty one
oh two four
oh two four
again


winds denied our sails
for few suspended moments
this country
our country un-united
felled failed fell
gone was the securities
taken for granted
ignorantly assuming
all is ok

we were not
the perfect union our
alt-realities concealed
looking so pretty
in misguided eye
tasting abridged freedom
hearing only that song
hummed internally

mom    apple pie    baseball
see the usa in a chevrolet
god bless america
such perfect picture painted
in perfect broad stroke
engineered    executed
perfectly so

the invincible
the champion
on wounded knees
overcome with dis-belief
we had lost
our freedom plural

the oppressor
wins the first battle
every time

democracy 
not the exception













1st amendment
written
guaranteed
protected

1st law written
as law
for republic
as one
for all

religion
speech
press
assembly
address grievances
man words
man promises
shattered
cast aside
ourvote24

stand for right
stand for your rights
stand for our rights
stand 

© 2024 keith


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