Don’t talk to me of hypocrisy.
I am an aspiration,
not an ideology.
I am American democracy.
Like the people who bear my name
I sin, repent, then sin again.
My faith is in future possibility
of behaving with greater civility.
My hope is that together we
can find more equity and equality.
My love is for those like me
who strive to create a better reality.
Perfection is not my goal.
I am prepared to bare my soul
with all its failures and deceits
and courage to hand out receipts
to those I have failed or freedom denied,
determined to atone for unworthy pride.
I am an aspiration. I can say I tried.
I can believe in a future yet untried.
I believe in myself with you at my side.
I am an aspiration,
not an ideology.
Do not talk to me of hypocrisy.
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