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America Is a Grandmother Named Jones

America is

 

America is a fern

and we all cultivate it.

 

America is germinating

and we can't control it.

 

America is in terms

that I can come to terms with.

 

America is a way

with words, America is

what it takes to describe

an urban landscape,

America is a blending of voices,

America is a sophisticated

form of art.

America is a day old

railroad of the new world

where the waters have never

been tested, where our trust

lies in the ones best at

acting their part.

America is what we make

out of a broken home, and

America will be the first to

cast a stone.

America sees us off, with

tears, and roses chosen

for us in a dim lit florist.

America already knows

where to find you,

and that the worst is

behind you,

America is a Grandmother

named Jones.

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Written by
shashank-virkud-1
American
Published
May 8, 2011
Lines·Words
33·144
Notes

For Richard and Tyler Wagers, and Grandma Jones

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