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Recorded Reading (0:42): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yiydq0hkjh253m1qjxg2e/star-spangled-banner.mp3?rlkey=kjoib6n54ic0nmk8aixdptn4b&dl=0

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“star spangled banner”

sung before every
civic event,
it serves
to inspire
and uplift all
within sound
of its magnificent
messages

it came
into being
at the hand
of a man
who stood amid the
raging battle

writing
poetry

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

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