The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog

Liberty

52 Liberty Would you believe I started to cry on the boat, when someone pointed out her statue said the old woman I had not a penny in my pocket and I knew no street was paved with gold but I walked off that boat like nobility head like a torch held high saved from the land that would have murdered me Some of you have far too much liberty for your own good said the dark red tulip rushing about the way you do catching planes and trains divorcing your spouses buying plastic still confused and miserable perhaps between us I am the more free If it were up to me said the dog there would be a beach that would go on forever the tides would rise and fall the gulls would wheel and screech slowly ships would pass on the horizon I would run and run ...