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I would love to be an American
Supreme Court justice and colleague of Ruth
Bader Ginsberg hearing her wisdom first
hand and enjoying a progressive nap
at times when conservatives are speaking.
I would love to be an American
Senator making and voting on law
and policy while representing home
for people who believe in me and come
out to info and fund-raising sessions.
I would love to be an American
at the top, but since that is not to be
I will content myself with being on
the bottom or in the middle standing
against oppression, pro humanity.
I would love to be an American
citizen who sweeps my walk and walks my
talk and meets residents of my many
neighborhoods in picnics and parties and
picket lines to promote peace with justice.
I would love to be an American
in a country with no need for borders,
with proud United Nations involvement
in destroying means of war and torture
and promoting healthy environments.
A second poem for my prompt
Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Justice, or Poetic Justice
Copyright © 2015 S.L.Chast
#29 poem, April 2015
Ha...could be falling into the over ambitious category there...Good luck!:)
ReplyDelete"...to your own self be true". As Polonius says to Laertes in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. Sadly so many feel they must follow someone else's opinion rather than their own conscience.
ReplyDelete"..destroying means of war and torture / and promoting healthy environments." hope it becomes true some day...
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely exquisite :D
ReplyDeletexoxo
If he hadn't been so racist your dream would be almost identical to Woodrow Wilson's.
ReplyDeleteLove this poem Susan. I would love to be an American right along side of you.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about the utopia you paint in the last verse - a fitting ending, full of hope.
ReplyDeleteOh well done....and I think, in so many ways, you already are! All of the above.
ReplyDeleteIt would nice if one could be in a world prosperous and peaceful enough that borders wre not an issue. Thanks, Susie-- love the nod-- ha-- to Ginsberg-- she is great. K.
ReplyDeleteme, too ~
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sherry you do uphold these values each day
ReplyDeleteTall and sound!
ReplyDeleteIt is enough for me that you have written this poem, Susan... It truly means that the heart of America and ordinary Americans still believe in freedom and justice and equality.
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