American Appetites
Narrow are the Base Paths
Our
Children
Race
Around.
Slender are the Willows
That,
Shade
Our
Flowing
Creeks.
Thin is our Forgiveness
For
Apologies
Unmade.
Precarious is the Tightrope
Our
Hearts
Dance
Upon.
Paltry is our Patience
For
Red Lights
In
Commutes.
Solid is the Constitution
Our
Democracy
Rests
Upon.
But Wide as the Mississippi is our
Capacity for
Kindness,
Generosity,
And
Apple Pie.
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from the Childhood Remedy and Other Such collection
