RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN HISTORY
The Fourth
Two and a half centuries ago
We declared our independence
Mad King George felt the blow
And sang a long lament
No longer would we serve
A master far away
We took what we deserved
Our Independence Day
Our founders were the best
In mind, heart and soul
Old Ben Franklin and the rest
They kept the union whole
We thank them to this day
Though their faults are very clear
Their light would shine the way
Through many troubled years
This day we remember them
And the nation they envisioned
A circle of enlightened men
Who made a hard decision
They created a democracy
The first in the modern age
They defeated an autocracy
And sparked a monarch’s rage
Today the kings are figureheads
The queens do not hold sway
We’ve followed where the founders led
It’s Independence Day
(Happy Fourth of July!!!)
