America is an idea.
A shared dream. One based on the Constitution.
Something most have never read,...like the Bible.
Yet have rather profoundly strong opinions about.
As a public service here's our Constitution,...all seven words.
"Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness".
These particular words almost didn't make it. They were saved from the cutting room floor by Jefferson. A slave holder who valued such things. Dramatically contradictory, that's us in a nutshell. We're an imperfect, but evolving republic.
Above is ol' slave holding George.
Those profound contradictions again. There as I saw him, and took a snap in COVID ridden Union Square Park. Cousin George still leading us. Through wars famines, and plagues.
America. Wadda show. No wonder the world watches...even joins in.
( This from a year ago during the first week of Lockdown. )
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