To stop and see
Reader delight of wisdom
In Plains so black, morning
Temperance into singing
I bless this day, remove
My doubt, my day has gone
My sight restored, my day shall
Arise in this sun, this Sunday
Sing notes of Hymns, receiving
God, every dew stripped August
Frozen blade of Grass, mown for winter
Feed, cattle down my road
Highway 38. Sunshine Grocery
Charges more than our convenience
Store, old Merlin, our owner there,
Says he’ll not retire, constructs
New produce bins to house
His apples crisp and fair, charged
Twice as much as Walmart pink
Ladies, but produce at the discount
Store Sits untouched in open air
For days on end, relinquished
Bananas turned black for bread
Instead of Merlins graceful
Fruit, Delmonty, Green Giant
Best Choice; all brands at Merlin’s small
Selection; his store bright, swept
By West Central High School boys
Checked foods by girls young, fair
As apples, they check in modern
Cleanliness, so Marjorie my pearl
Buys her food for weekly consumption
From Merlins Sunday Best
While his confidence in young
Residents, ever voting in their age
Grow up without indifferent to Trumps
Latest illegal move to kill freedom
For his desire to exploit farmers;
Our Beauty, National Parks fire ravaged
As he still denounces Global dangers
From Hydrogen bombs in rouge
Nations are undone by China, haste
To dominate my Sunday morning
My church freedoms, my free elections
Which Trump shall fix to bring power
From Russian dominance and set us
Our world asunder, without this wisdom
In the Plains, our sweet spot
Of agriculture which this president.
He prepares to buy off farmers
With national debt, Merlin’s Sunshine,
This store may collapse as we gather
With Trogen taxes gone wild in three
To seven years, Trump collects his mad
Power schemes to keep High School
Fair students in a dark classroom
When parents, and neighbors band
Together to strengthen schools with
Teacher pay, equipment to denounce
Korean, Chinese and Russian tyrants
My daughter at 29, seeks to undermine
Plans with her Ph.D. in languages
Sought to understand Asian
Japanese, Korean, Chinese
Books, works of literature to translate
So apples at a small grocery, from local
Farmers, soy flour, winter wheat products
Our ability to feed the world, this with
Voting, history books, High School
Students regain dignity, respect of technical
Educations to dispose of this Tyranny
Make strong government at local
Pride; religion, press, speech all free
In rights guaranteed, not Fake News
As wacky claims imprisoning those
Political freedoms exercise, to vote
Against immoral codes, behavior stink
Exploiting those of color of our
National graces; I bless this day,
Remove my doubt, my High School
Friends will mature, outguess
Prices fixed prices in Merlin’s store
To buy at General local discounts
Like my father, my friend finally
Getting it, and giving to his great
Grandson, education, dollars to pursue
Knowledge, wisdom, and balloting
For freedom’s ring, as he helped
My daughter; she found her path
Which fights with each publication,
Renouncing Chinese, and Russian
Demands, and world domination
To help two children understand free
Principles, our Bill of Rights, father’s legacy.
