: ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: 4th of July > > one daughter is currently out earning money the other is reading > words on the couch > neither is doing right by the holiday > on lake oswego this evening we'll abandon residual suspicion of > sirens anthems and flags > surrender to myth > trust in god high notes and fireworks > under spacious skies our necks will stiffen > and like corn beneath the moon > we'll wave at the tall president on t.v. > who smiles convincingly > promotes fatherhood > kills flies like a wanton boy > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html