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t the one I knew; We welcomed the poor and weak Gave them chances anew.</p><p id="fb9b">Now they try to change it all Under the facade of patriotism; To deny rights they have the gall This is nothing but racism.</p><p id="f92a">I lend you my hand The persecuted; I lend you my ea

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rs The alienated. I lend you my heart The forlorn; For I am Columbia — The refuge of the worn.</p><p id="444b">To read the entire poem, and to sign up for TEP’s <b>Poem of the Day</b>, visit <a href="http://theeverydaypoet.com"><i>theeverydaypoet.com</i></a></p></article></body>

The Land o’ the Free

Image: Water color on paper, J. P. Moriarty

This is not America Not the one I knew; We welcomed the poor and weak Gave them chances anew.

Now they try to change it all Under the facade of patriotism; To deny rights they have the gall This is nothing but racism.

I lend you my hand The persecuted; I lend you my ears The alienated. I lend you my heart The forlorn; For I am Columbia — The refuge of the worn.

To read the entire poem, and to sign up for TEP’s Poem of the Day, visit theeverydaypoet.com

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