HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA

I am often among many bemoaning the state of affairs in the USA.

Among many tipping my head in shame, but today I will stand tall and proud.

Below, just a few select words from two songs that have long been favorites.

To paraphrase Kermit, "somebody thought of that,

somebody believed ~ and yes, look, we have come so far."

Listening many times to the one and only Louis Armstrong,

I do hear, have heard people saying,

"I love you."

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