RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Another Fourth of July
The birth of a nation is a remarkable event
A convergence of historical circumstance
Gives rise to a new nation state
An act of injustice in a sea of oppression
(Taxation without representation)
An extraordinary circle of free thinkers
(Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Paine)
A declaration of independence
(We hold these truths to be self-evident)
The rise of a citizen’s army
(A well-regulated militia)
A long grueling campaign
(Starvation at Valley Forge)
The luck of the Irish
(The French alliance)
A nation conceived in liberty
(Made fertile by native blood)
The birth of modern democracy
(A republic if we can keep it)
This day we remember
(Four score and seven years ago)
And we renew the promise
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