Call them mad, call them evil, <br />they are men with ideas <br />like the ones we celebrate <br />on the proper occasions: God, <br />freedom, forgiveness, justice. <br /> <br />But none of us love one long. <br /> <br />Witness now: we turn again, <br />arms above our hearts, <br />to pledge allegiance to vengeance. <br /> <br />Eyes raised to blue, we look <br />without learning the first lesson <br />of sky, stars, and stripes: <br /> <br />The flying flag follows the wind.<br /><br />Eric Paul Shaffer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-flying-flag-on-september-11/
