I Didn'T Live For Over Two Hundred Years To Die In Your Arms Comments
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I am nearing the end of my life cycle
each day the Rigor Mortis seeps in deeper
from my loss of spine and conviction to my principles....
I have become a coward...afraid to move
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As you now well know Ted, I'm a great respecter of what the original America stood for, and I too am sorry to see slippage across a range of areas. But I have faith that the American people might find within themselves yet, in time, enough of the fine qualities of the Founding Fathers to dig their country out of its current state. We might not be talking about exactly the same things - though we are on a range of issues - but we're coming from the same place. A return to those democratic basics/individual rights would be a good place to start. A few nails knocked into the old tree would help! An interesting poem Ted, with an impressive metaphor that makes the situation you describe very clear. Fine writing from a heart that cares. Best, jim
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As you now well know Ted, I'm a great respecter of what the original America stood for, and I too am sorry to see slippage across a range of areas. But I have faith that the American people might find within themselves yet, in time, enough of the fine qualities of the Founding Fathers to dig their country out of its current state. We might not be talking about exactly the same things - though we are on a range of issues - but we're coming from the same place. A return to those democratic basics/individual rights would be a good place to start. A few nails knocked into the old tree would help! An interesting poem Ted, with an impressive metaphor that makes the situation you describe very clear. Fine writing from a heart that cares. Best, jim