Amputee on Inauguration Day: A Sonnet
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Wrapped up in strictest red and white and blue
The tight Marine snaps out a straight salute.
His brute, square jaw imprisoning, and true,
Chews captured freedom absolute.
The talon-crafted speech soars taut, above,
In fresh and malaprop-free ascendance,
While wheel-chair bound, a woman’s life-long love
Gulps the hex of independence.
His mother wears her full-length tears and coat
Against that cold, tentacled litany,
Resists with wiping hand some suckered quote
About the reach of Liberty.
