poem of the day July 9 

It was a happy hour

at the heavenly cafe

Ben, George &Tom

were in their usual seats

around the old red white & blue

celestial drinking table

Imbibing some good

godsent moonshine 

with a bunch of

other long lost patriots

The heavenly happy hour band

were jamming set up on a nearby cloud

playing a slow but jazzy

Star Spangled Banner cover

The Founding Fathers 

were sheets to the wind

reminiscing about

the good old days

of the American Revolution

"I remember signing that

declaration"

"Me too" 

"You wrote that Tom"

"Yes, we all had a hand"

"A grand declaration" 

George held out his glass

"Three cheers for democracy

May it never end"

"Here! Here! Here!"

"No to Tyrants" 

"No to Dictators" 

"No to Kings"

Just then a newly arrived soul

walking by overheard them

"Haven't you all heard?"

"Heard what?" 84 year old Ben asked

"The Supreme Court has

just ruled that the president

is now above the law"

The president is above the law?" 

"That is impossible"

"How can that be" 

"That would make him a king"

"Are they mad?"

"It was the whole reason we fought the revolution"