thy faithfulness and 14 June
(two poems)
thy faithfulness
and now for God
though maybe
God has been with me
from the start
because if not my own
it’s in
God’s nature
and certainly God’s
skill
and also
desire
the same desire
that made everything
and more
the wish
the will
to love the everything
and above all
and with the will of
unfallen angels
to love most
ourselves
we are that important
not for demons
whose interest in consumption
is not the healthy use of
creation
but frankly
to suck us dry
of flesh and spirit
and then display the husks
eagerly
in hell
but we have God
and willful angels
elected
on our side
and in the room
though will leave us quiet
when quiet
is soulfully
or physically demanded
quiet
time
and should we wish
some company
divine
with less than a word
shall be here
to cheer
and to guide
to love
and to show
how love
begins and ends
with presence
one form
or
another
14 June
(2024)
happy
Flag Day
Mitzi’s birthday
the puppy
(not the flag)
who crawled up
on the porch
the day our family
moved
into Pittsburgh
northern suburbs
and remained with us
the next
seventeen years
and was
extraordinary
patient with
several
growing children
as for the flag
you know
we flew it
very day
I recall
there are some things it seems I wrote about most years; today is a thing
c l couch
photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash
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Go for These Days
(Flag Day)
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Aw
Today is Flag Day
And Mitzi’s birthday
The flags are flown
My dad did that
While we
Placed crepe paper through
The spokes
Of our bicycles
More of a deal on
Memorial Day
But that was past
And we had
Supplies
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We’ve had
The different flags
I liked Betsy Ross well enough
Though to question her
Is fine
About the Stars and Stripes
Story
As long as we don’t excoriate
It seems
That no matter what
She was a patriot
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See
I believe
In these stupid things
Don’t Tread on Me
Soaring Fort McHenry
Semper Fidelis
I think
They speak
To birth and to progress
Of a nation
Of this nation
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And it’s Mitzi’s birthday
She was our dog
And faithful
At it
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C L Couch
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Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
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Flag Day 2022
(for everyone)
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I am thankful to be an American
And hope you are thankful
For your nations
We can’t love them because they’re fair
Without acknowledging
The ugliness
Even as we might want to change
Corruption and injustice
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There are small victories
We might have taken part in
Or might
Someday
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Someday our nations might be perfect
Not if we stand against each other
In the nation
Nation against nation
A nation is defined by how it lives
How it saves
Then how it waves
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With ready refusal to
Participate in Armageddon
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C L Couch
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Flag Day in the USA is 14 June.
“I Am Thankful to Be an American” is a song. I think of it when I think of Flag Day.
Photo by Samuel Branch on Unsplash
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