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2 thoughts on “Being Poor”

  2. My country’ tis of thee, [Only if you are rich]
    sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; [liberty for CEO’s and celebrities]
    land where my fathers died, [probably at the hand of a colored man or a foreigner]
    land of the pilgrims’ pride, [and Native American genocide]
    from every mountainside let freedom ring! [One ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them]

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