John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

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Have -----you -----ever ----ever---ever-----been,---- to ----any ----any-----any-----other ----place, -----than ----your -----city -----farm, -----or-----TOWN
Have -you -ever -first -hand- witnessed- the- shameful-, divided -wrongful-selfish-materialistic--greed--greed--greed--and--severe--------TERRIBLE--TERRIBLE--TERRIBLE-----even----UN-SPEAKABLE----UN-BELIEVABLE--- POVERTY----of ---the ----WORLD----all----AROUND

It,----- happens ----to ----us ----all ----on ---this ----mother----earth -----in ----every -----clime---and----PLACE
How --the --RICH---get ---RICHER ---and ---RICHER----, and --the --POOR---get --POORER---and --POORER---in----this ----------WORLD--WIDE--RAT---------RACE

I ---grew ---up ---as ---a ---boy ---on ---a ---small, ---southern--- Minnesota----FARM
My -life, -living, -and -love, --was --so --very-- simple-- without----fret----worry---or----HARM

When --at --eighteen,-- i ----JOINED-----the----MARINES
The -----great-----shameful-----poverties------ hurt ------pain-------and -----harm,----- of ----the -----WORLD,----- over,----- i -----have-------witnessed ------and -------SEEN

AMERICA--the--BEAUTIFUL
Their---is--no--other--place--on--this--planet--as--WONDROUS--and-----breath-taking-----BEAUTIFUL--BEAUTIFUL--BEAUTIFUL----as----AMERICA---from--sea--to--shining--sea----for--SURE

Great ---poverty ---UNREST--and---political-----divide, ---with ----war ---torn, ---stricken --and----scar-----the --WORLD---OVER
In --AMERICA,-- for --FREEDOMS,--- sake----WE--STAND--PROUD--READY--And--STEADY-one--and--ALL--SHOULDER--to--SHOULDER

If, -never-never-never--, you --have --traveled --AROUND
And,-- ventured --off --of --your --farm,-- city --or---TOWN

You --don't --realize --your --TRUE--TRUE--TRUE----BLESSINGS--on--HAND
In --these --One --and --only--------UNITED--STATES--of--AMERICA------where--with-------FREEDOM-------and-----JUSTICE----for--one--and--ALL--with---------DIGNITY--------and---------RESPECT---------we--------AMERICANS----PROUDLY--PROUDLY--PROUDLY--STAND

By john d jungers
02--JULY--2017


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