T heard this today on NPR:<\/p>\n
Patriotism<\/p>\n
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by Ellie Schoenfeld<\/p>\n
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My country is this dirt<\/p>\n
that gathers under my fingernails<\/p>\n
when I am in the garden.<\/p>\n
The quiet bacteria and fungi,<\/p>\n
all the little insects and bugs<\/p>\n
are my compatriots. They are<\/p>\n
idealistic, always working together<\/p>\n
for the common good.<\/p>\n
I kneel on the earth<\/p>\n
and pledge my allegiance<\/p>\n
to all the dirt of the world,<\/p>\n
to all of that soil which grows<\/p>\n
flowers and food<\/p>\n
for the just and unjust alike.<\/p>\n
The soil does not care<\/p>\n
what we think about or who we love.<\/p>\n
It knows our true substance,<\/p>\n
of what we are really made.<\/p>\n
I stand my ground on this ground,<\/p>\n
this ground which will<\/p>\n
ultimately<\/p>\n
recruit us all<\/p>\n
to its side.<\/p>\n
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“Patriotism” by Ellie Schoenfeld, from The Dark Honey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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