[Oe List ...] Celebrating ???? on the 4th of July

[Jann McGuire]

Thank you, Milan. What a grievous national holiday.

Jann McGuire

On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 12:01 PM Milan Hamilton via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> My writing group this week's assignment was to write something about 4th
> of July celebrations. In view of this year's "events" surrounding it as
> well as in the midst of it, I read the following to the group:
>
> *One Common Denominator*
>
> (the number below the line in a common fraction)
>
>
>
> I once knew a guy with numerous afflictions
>
> They were the numerators in his various addictions
>
> He spent many years in one pursuit or another
>
> Liquor and drugs and women he found
>
> Were distractions—he could go no further
>
> Toward the happiness for which he was searching.
>
> One day he stopped and assessed his predicament
>
> He listed the failed relationships in his life, there were many!
>
> It came to him after counting them all—
>
> There was one common factor he had to take in:
>
> The Common Denominator he found—was Him!
>
>
>
> I once knew a world that was friendly, I thought
>
> It would always be so; I was young then and
>
> Trusted adults and the lessons they taught.
>
> I believed them and was never afraid for my life
>
> As I grew up attending my lessons in school.
>
> I sang the Anthem and saluted the flag of our nation
>
> And watched fireworks on the 4th, what great celebrations.
>
> I wonder as I think of the most recent mass shooting
>
>  If the math calculation holds true in this case
>
> And what the Common Denominator could be
>
> I’m awaiting to see if a solution be found
>
> Before the end of our race.
>
>
>
> Milan Hamilton
>
> July 7, 2022
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