it is fourth of july,
america doesn’t celebrate,
firecrackers are off in small cities,
don’t weep fortune,
my heart is sad as the dunes of Chasepeake bay
I will come back soon
when my heart hears
dances of America
staging depression,
when economy succumbs
to mysteries of new dreams.

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1. fourth of july during depression » Poem by yann rolland | Get out of your Depression Rut! Says:
   July 5th, 2009 at 7:30 am

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