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Friday, July 26, 2013

Yankee Doodle Contemplation

The young couple was happy that day,
Out on their sunny day picnic hooray!
Sandwiches and watermelon adorn
The holiday their child was born.

I was born on the Fourth of July you see,
That each year is celebrated with glee!
Being in Boy Scouts and marching bands,
Reminded me to love these lands.

As I draw older with many quirks,
I mostly avoid annual fireworks.
And while the nation salutes the flag,
This Yankee Doodle will not brag.

I share my birthday with a nation
And find a time of contemplation.
Can I live a life to somehow represent
Our great nation’s most blessed event?


Charlie Doggett

July 27, 2013
As an assignment for the Hermitage Writers' Guild

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