President Obama takes his constitutional oath
hundreds of thousands of witnesses shout approval
on the national mall
and pray for his success to benefit humanity.
While in the hopeful eyes of millions across the land
President Lincoln's arms at his Memorial open wider
hands no longer holding his nation's stone chair tightly
and silently waiting for segregation to truly end.
(January 20,2009)
Jim Norausky
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