I::: Commemorating my Independence

Pro:

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
—Albert Camus

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Pros and Cons (m-w.com):

Main Entry:

com·mem·o·rate

Pronunciation:

\kə-ˈme-mə-ˌrāt\

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

com·mem·o·rat·ed; com·mem·o·rat·ing

Etymology:

Latin commemoratus, past participle of commemorare, from com- + memorare to remind of, from memor mindful — more at memory

Date:

1599

1 : to call to remembrance 2 : to mark by some ceremony or observation : observe <commemorate an anniversary> 3 : to serve as a memorial of commemorates the battle>

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At Half Past Three, a Single Bird
by Emily Dickinson

At Half past Three, a single Bird
Unto a silent Sky
Propounded but a single term
Of cautious melody.

At Half past Four, Experiment
Had subjugated test
And lo, Her silver Principle
Supplanted all the rest.

At Half past Seven, Element
Nor Implement, be seen --
And Place was where the Presence was
Circumference between.

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Cons:

Doubting.

Still doubting.