No, it isn’t July 4th yet but I think it might be a good time for all of us to get a good shot of patriotism right now! Today!.
Here is a poem I wrote back in 1975 getting ready for America’s BiCentennial.
The Spirit
(C) Art Fettig 1976
Of 1776, what was the spirit?
Revolution? Freedom? Independence?
No, I think the prevailing spirit was selling.
Selling one another. Selling like selling
Had never been done before. Or since.
Salespeople saying, “But as for me
Give me liberty or give me death.”
Saying, “I only regret that I have but one life
To give for my country.”
Saying, “Let us all hang together
Or assuredly we will hang alone.”
And signing, “We mutually pledge to each other
Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”
Selling the world an exciting concept;
That men and women could rule their own destiny.
And what is wrong with America today
Will be made right again with selling.
Selling that dedication and devotion, and that mutual concern
That made it all begin.
Published in the United States Congressional Record
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