tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post7192858766567397862..comments2023-11-29T02:22:49.926-06:00Comments on Coyotebanjo: This is MY AmericaCJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02758288418215601287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post-82781070689137292682009-07-08T09:28:16.282-05:002009-07-08T09:28:16.282-05:00I teared up reading that...& that was before I...I teared up reading that...& that was before I got to the part about your dad.bobgoblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529209925454122081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post-2711867429078348832009-07-08T08:28:58.341-05:002009-07-08T08:28:58.341-05:00Well, it started out just being a paean to all the...Well, it started out just being a paean to all the American musicians I could think of who died too young, and of what, and to what sort of lives I wished they'd had. But it wound up being a poem about my father, and the life I wished <b>he'd</b> had.<br /><br />Thanks for reading.coyotebanjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971598659494084004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140772.post-85436510377988028802009-07-08T07:52:51.523-05:002009-07-08T07:52:51.523-05:00Great post. When i experience moments in that (my ...Great post. When i experience moments in that (my slightly different, but very similar) parallel universe i often wonder if it's all just too romanticized (especially in my head), or if it could really, truly be possible that maybe one day those moments will become the real America... that those feelings of absolute raw and honest patriotism will exist beyond the several minutes it takes to sing We are the World or God Bless America... that the feelings of love, patience, and kindness will actually outlast the warm fuzzies everyone gets when the National Anthem is sung, the colors pass, taps are played, or a random act of completely selfless kindness transpires (continue to insert innumerable warm fuzzy-makers here). The experience excites and saddens me in one twisted emotion. <br /><br />Thankfully, there are people like you out there who make it seem more possible, and who allow me to feel just a little more normal. <br /><br />Here's to YOUR America. Never quit.T Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567400792979483234noreply@blogger.com