Monday, January 21, 2013

Words that Bind - v2



In this moment in time
with struggle and strife,
war and oppression challenging
battles within our nation,
around the globe,
threatening our world

Words that bind,  that bring us together
as a people, as a nation,
simple words, an oath
a pledge to guard what we have created
to remain a nation of laws,
and to make this a better world


January 21, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural Address
&
&
several poems written in 2009
on the juxtaposition of the
80th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 17, 2009
and the Presidential Oath, from the
US Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,
repeated verbatim by the presidents. The only language in quotes
in the Constitution, unlike the general principles elsewhere.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States."



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