If I were asked to write the Inauguration Poem
To ask for perfection is to deny humanness
To demand virtue and justice makes us human
So right this needy moment
Hold up your heart to the fire
Until all is burned away
But compassion and
The dignity of the other
Make your deeds, even small ones,
Quiet stories told out of love
No country can be great
Without authentic character
Affirm this, act by act,
Until doubt is buried for good
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