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Rated: E · Poetry · History · #714712
For the nation, a question
On the Fourth of July

Under the eaves, my window box
Is blossoming in colored phlox
         Of red and white and blue.
In fall they'll fade and die and rot
As every sunshine patriot
         Who withers in the frost. And you?
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