Tried all day to write something for the Fourth. Just couldn’t. Started several little stories full of parades, beer, and fireworks. Every one seemed too frothy. Started an essay about freedom in a country that jails BABIES because they had the bad fortune to have parents fleeing violence and poverty, looking for a better life for those babies. I couldn’t focus my thoughts today. On this Independence Day I was too overwhelmed at the all-encompassing assault on the democracy we have fought so hard for over the past 240-odd years. An assault led by our commander-in-chief, our Congress, and their financial backers. Other people have better expressed my thoughts today.
Peace out.
In response to the Word-A-Day Blog Challenge prompt: Cope and to the Word of the Day Challenge prompt: Independence and to Fandango's One Word Challenge prompt: Fireworks and to The Haunted Wordsmith's 3TC prompts: Declaration, Freedom, Fireworks and to Word-A-Day Blog Challenge prompt: Poverty
J.E.M. Wildfire 
Did we reach here overnight or something over decades on a national scale changed things for good?
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Although I believe it’s taken decades to get here, I also optimistically believe that this evil manisfestation of America is only temporary.
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