Rise, Rise, Rise Americans
“1 if by land, 2 if by sea”
Too late, Too late
Tyranny
is in the House

Speak, Speak, Speak Americans
Your reps are spectators
Feckless checkless
Hands tied by money
Tongues by fear
acquiescent to imbalance
Violating the founders’ intent
selling their oaths to keep warming a seat
lacking “courage or character” to
defend the law of the land
Remind them they are Servant leaders,
not leaders of servants

See, See, See Americans
Remove any blinders
The country
Bought by lawless, amoral moneymen
Land ‘for the oligarchs’
Using wealth and power to
consolidate greater wealth & power
Now in the halls of power
Unvetted, Unelected, unchecked
Smashing the constitution
grinding “of the people” into dust
Liberty being crushed in the palm of a gilded fist

Unite, Unite, Unite Americans
“We the People” shall not be torn in two
Reject
the poisoned algorithm-driven words
Meant to distract, separate and conquer
In unity is liberty
In unity is strength
E pluribus unum
“United we stand, divided we fall”

Shout, Shout, Shout Americans
With a thunderous declaration
In one voice
Reject the claws of autocracy
“Don’t tread on us”
“The times that try our souls” are here
ascend to courage and action
“to be free, you must be brave”

To the streets, To the streets, To the streets, Americans
March in sync with history
In the footsteps of the founders
Protest In strength against the chains
Of oligarchy and unitary power
It’s our turn to “keep our Republic”
We cannot be the generation that
lets “government by the people” perish

July 4, 2026
must be a celebration, not a funeral

Presidents (Loyal to the Constitution) Day, 2025
thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, paraphrase - Neera Tanden, Abraham Lincoln, US Constitution, Gadsden flag, Thomas Paine paraphrased, Elmer Davis paraphrase, Ben Franklin

Originally written: 2/7/2025 - 2/20/2025