Friday, September 20, 2024

At Rao's Bakery - Coffee, Croissants, Children, and the Constitution - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

At Rao’s Bakery - Coffee, Croissants, Children, and the Constitution

 

At dawn - hot coffee and a fresh croissant

A family grouping at the table next

And a little child whispering to her mother

The Preamble to the Constitution

 

I turned and said, “Oh, I want to hear that again”

Proudly the little girl stood beside her mom

And in a strong, clear voice began: “We the People…”

 

 

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

 

 

I can’t do that anymore. Can you?

 

The child certainly earned an ‘A’ today

This coffee / croissant / American day

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