to Jessica, my beloved wife, born and raised in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
destinations to plan and pack
paved roads to pass the pleasures
your country is great
rest areas with plumbing
and chopper water rescues
your country is great
stacked shelves at grocery markets
air conditioned church services
your country is great
boundless books to borrow
a library in every city
your country is great
student loans for college
an abundant supply of jobs
your country is great
shoulder to shoulder cheering
in crowded college stadiums
your country is great
dainty disciplined dancers
and handsome Hollywood actors
your country is great
respected armed forces
great history of invention
your country is great
people that give freely
come to the aid of others
your country is great
the will to overcome
diverse you come together
yes dear, our country is great!
Gary Edward Geraci
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Gary Edward Geraci (
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- Comment from author about the poem: My wife always reminds me that we have much to be grateful for here in the USA.
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A fine write Gary.
Ain't come across many (or any?) air conditioned churches in U.K. I'm getting old. One of my first considerations, though not that spiritual, if going to a church is 'will it be warm enough - the building; well, the people too?!'
It sure is a bit of self-denial if sitting though services in chilly buildings. I don't take up my 'cross' sometimes - I go elsewhere warmer. Tut tut! But it's not wise to do. One cannot focus, getting chillier by the minute, then actually feeling ill with it.
Well now hunker down ye old bones then O! This damn virus is making a believer of me yet (that is a believer of the media if you can believe that). - who in their right mind would manufacture death counts of the likes we’ve been witnessing, my old friend. So we will self-isolate and write toilet paper -limericks instead: the scarcity of me paper, got me writing this little caper, I must now skimp and save, with ev’ry sheet behave, or find a new way to scraper! Gary Edward Geraci
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