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U.S.A. 1776-1964

Born with the prospect of personal liberty,
our democratic republic hung herself
with the mantle of Abraham Lincoln –

When it was

Sold to Thurmond (SC), by Goldwater (AZ),
to weave bigotry into the American tapestry
with golden threads of willful ignorance.

Dave Read

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