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Poetry by Lemmon
For the Land of the Free
listen children to the debate
about the way we segregate
afraid to say we discriminate
yet rush to vote and legislate
to prevent some from their wedding date
because they have a same sex mate
This country thats based on equality
is so full of hypocrisy
we claim all people here are free
but that's not the reality
it's if they look and act like me
and are in the majority
but lets look back in history
some came here to escape persecution
some came here to elude execution
some came here running from starvation
some came here kidnapped for exploitation
some came to kill the Indian nation
and turn it into their own creation
but whatever their reasoning might be
all they wanted was to be free
and this was the place for everybody
we thought we could live in harmony
but we came in such diversity
that we couldn't all agree
and started building bounderies
and pushing our moralities
so we grew up to believe
we must fight to remain free
so we can't sit here quietly
but we can do it peacefully
so the majority can see
we're not a small minority
and whatever our own prefrences be
I'll stand with the ones who say they believe
a loving marriage is legal for everybody
I'll vote to keep ALL of Americans FREE
Lemmon aka Lynn Bachman 2004