poem of the day July 4 

The birthday of a nation

Independence Day

Another 4th of July

The old red white and blue

Uncle Sam is another year older

and is really starting

to show his age

A steady set of aches and pains

born of angry grievances 

have taken root everywhere

Have infected  the foundations

of everyday freedoms

that now show signs 

of structural damage

where institutions  

are now very far removed 

from the founding fathers'

idea of liberty and justice for all