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# A More Perfect Union
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/a-more-perfect-union/
- Published: 2017-08-18T17:10:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-21T04:44:39.000Z
- Description: When children by gunfire die, when the dreamer and the warden clash, when statues betray the sculptor, we proclaim This is not who we are.
- Author: Andy
- Tags: America on the Brink, Be The Change, poetry, America, freedom, Politics, protest, social change, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

“*And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive*." - Albert Camus

When children by gunfire die, when the dreamer and the warden clash, when statues betray the sculptor, we proclaim *This is not who we are.* Who are we? I take my chisel to Plymouth Rock but the rock gives no blood; our history is like that stone, heavier than its weight… Standing at a dank underpass, I rattle a tin cup, wave a sign that reads *This is not who we are—* I can grow rich here, devote my life to the pursuit of happiness… It is said that upon his murder, Lincoln belonged to the ages: Why do we wait for blood? We’ve planted great forests of headstones. I wander their lush paths, the sanguine streams, and amidst this grandeur, this horror, I glimpse both what is and what could be. *Sunday, August 18, 2019*