Heritage

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Heritage
by Everett A Warren

August 27, 2006

I am the son of an engineer
and he was the son of an engineer
it is in my blood
He was the son of the Glad Man
it is in our blood
A miller here, a soldier there
American Revolutionary
A line of Republicans
A line of Democrats
A King here, a Regicide there
it is in our blood
From hometowns to distant shores
Massachusetts to Michigan
Ireland to Germany
Britain to Denmark
it is in our blood
Down one branch
and up another
to Poland
and Lithuania
it is in my blood
I may not hold
the whole world in my hands
but it is my world
it is your world
it is in our blood

Copyright (c) 2006 Everett Ambrose Warren