The Pledge of Allegiance

Now, why a meeting of adults

Should open with the pledge

Is something that feels wrong to me

And sets my teeth on edge.

 

As children, we recited it

Assembly days in school

And when I taught, each morning

In the classroom was the rule.

 

Just like the anthem, kids should learn

The words that we recite

On those occasions when it is

Appropriate and right.

 

To me, a meeting of the board

Where I retain a home

Is not one of those times and that’s

The reason for this poem.