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Recorded Reading (1:04): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gdnl1sn1dt46kojhmhyfg/America-Created-Me.mp3?rlkey=trwgjjnputelzsafqbhbumf3z&dl=0

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America Created Me

Do I serve justice with my every word
And love with every single moment’s deed?
Do I stand out a little from the herd
No present sanction from the masses need?

Am I enabled to pursue my peaceful way
Protected by watchful society?
And when the moment comes for me to say
My own small mite — to do so am I free?

Do I stand tall, and do I move with pride
Independent opinion in my head?
Is my smile joyous, are my gestures wide,
Permitted by my conscience to be led?

My nation is to thank that so I be
For our America created me

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This poet presently lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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