Free In The USA

Free In The USAOn the Fourth of July, I raised the flag,As I spoke with love and pride:"I’m blessed to be an American," I said,To two friends who stood by my side.One was my neighbor, who lives next door,He's a citizen, like me.The other, a visitor from a hard, oppressed land,Far across the sea."My flag stays in its box this year,"Said my neighbor, boiling mad."The terrible shape this country’s