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A dash of penitence For apples in the year- Newfound living by the light

It is an allegory, to the river Susquehanna light And the troops beyond reply Some men standing wayside Parts of humankind In defence of Heaven-

But our cities grant us independence From towers of mutiny and regret

Stoic division to power We know our names and reflect This is the misery camp And it is treason- We The People- Hands on deck!

The firelight is dying In-so-much-as our esteem Purveyors of study- The Holy ones of our world Who solve storms, before they begin- Am I hearing, trepidation from the people? A moderate stand Tempering day and night we have a chance And the updream ready Decades- only now do we feel regret For us, for our neighbor, for our concordat with the law That keeps the fire burning A selective hew

In this nation of us and our cities, our children, nature, and the Left We have purpose and we are no burning ship, our captors, nor even the stars in Heaven Our time is here and we know that First things first- The work is hard, But so is our world And it seems fair to our imagination To indulge old practices Temptations of the beaten path The cyber mind Avoiding the world Playing pretense to justice-

But we are stronger than the winds that carry us And in our world, We remember a planet terrified- Us and the other, neighbour or nature There is time enough for us To be fair and to expect fairness Richer and poorer is no strategy Your votes to the top are the energy of government -Democracy It especially shines this time of year

If we fail our children, As they grow like us Avenues of shame may prevail- in a nation without rules- But for a few to benefit-

This is not what we are for We, The People, get along, and we know what is true- It is democracy And love of our neighbour And we are no longer ashamed- None of us!

—For Kamala Harris