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“Tattered US Flag”/via Free SVG.org
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My Country
My country, right or wrong
I call it home, the land my forefathers
Help built, but got little credit
My country, whom I’ll defend to the
Death. But some still see me as a
Refugee
Oh say, can you see the bullets
Flying in the air, as a cop’s life
Become more than a child ?
As Jimi’s guitar, sings of
A rocket ‘s red glare
A uterus is the only safe
haven for a child
Of Thee I sing…
But the 3/5 of me will defend America
To the end. I am my brother’s
Keeper, no matter what color
You are, I’ll call you my
Friend
No matter what injustice I bear
I’ll sing my song
I find my soul in Langston’s weary
Blues
My country, right or wrong.
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Erren Kelly is a two-time Pushcart nominated poet from Boston whose work has appeared in 300 publications (print and online), including Hiram Poetry Review, Mudfish, Poetry Magazine, Ceremony, Cacti Fur, Bitterzoet, Cactus Heart, Similar Peaks, Gloom Cupboard, .and .Poetry Salzburg.
Click here to read “Under Quarantine” — COVID-era poetry of Erren Kelly, published by Jerry Jazz Musician
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Watch Jimi Hendrix play “The Star Spangled Banner” from his August, 1969 performance at Woodstock
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