{"id":1071,"date":"2020-01-29T20:18:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T01:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/?post_type=article&p=1071"},"modified":"2020-01-29T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T03:16:56","slug":"these-stars-have-bars","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/article\/these-stars-have-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"These Stars Have Bars (Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dustin Tate<\/strong>
\nHardwick, GA<\/strong><\/p>\n

What does it say of us as a people,
\nthat we\u2019re so eager to throw someone away?
\nHow shall we be called \u2018Home of the Free\u2019
\nwhen so very many do not live that way?
\nWhether locked in cells\u2014violent Hell
\nor restricted, bonds of paper and phone
\nAnd add economic oppression \u2014
\nPoverty used as a weapon.
\nWith which police even murders condoned.
\nThe control of our Nation, determined by station
\nrequires of them that many never rise.
\nCaring only for each other, forget we are brothers
\nand make our highest ideals into lies.<\/p>\n

To the Red White and Blue, I\u2019ve nothing but love for you
\nIt\u2019s the corruption and governance gone bad.
\nAfter all we\u2019ve gone through, after change we pursue
\nBecause in truth the country\u2019s the best to be had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Dustin Tate Hardwick, GA What does it say of us as a people, that we\u2019re so eager to throw someone away? How shall we be called \u2018Home of the Free\u2019 when so very many do not live that way? Whether locked in cells\u2014violent Hell or restricted, bonds of paper and phone And add economic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1085,"menu_order":81,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"issuem_issue":[208],"issuem_issue_categories":[188],"issuem_issue_tags":[28,143,148],"class_list":["post-1071","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","issuem_issue-guild-notes-vol-44-no-3-4-fall-winter-2019","issuem_issue_categories-beyond-bars","issuem_issue_tags-beyond-bars","issuem_issue_tags-poem","issuem_issue_tags-poetry","post","post-with-thumbnail","post-with-thumbnail-large"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t