The American Way

FIGHT HARD

Go All Out

it’s the American way

but we are a young and foolish nation

older traditions are wiser

Jesus, Buddha

Better to fight soft

Be more sensitive

More tolerant

Less absolute

March Not

To the Bugle Fife and Drums

Nor Rintrah’s Rage

Rather Listen

for the sacred music

we all share

However enlightened we believe ourselves to be

However deplorable we believe they are

WE ALL ARE WRONG

in so many
fine and nuanced
ways