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“The truth is, we are one nation, under fraud. Tell us, honestly: Will we ever be who we say.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry: Poems

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“Our country, which we do not forsake for being un-great, that we should find by being good.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

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“Perhaps to burn is the most basic Purification there is. Time said: You must transform to survive. We said: Not over our dead body. What can we call a country that destroys Itself just because it can? A nation that would char Rather than change? Our only word for this is Home.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

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“We will not march back to what was, But move to what shall be: A country that is bruised but whole, Benevolent but bold. Fierce and free.”

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“we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation Our blunders become their burdens But one thing is certain: If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright So let us leave behind a country better than the one we were left with”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

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“The fact of the matter is that our country seldom counts all who Matter. This is why red seeps from our flag.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

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“America, How to sing Our name, Singular, Signed, Singed.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry

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“Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.”

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Book:Call Us What We Carry: Poems

Source: Call Us What We Carry: Poems

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