American Grace

Remember those who grew this food

Who picked and packed

Who shipped and sold.

Bronze rainbow arms

Have set this food upon our table.

Remember those who built this house

Assembled, weaved, created

Light and warmth and health.

Remember those who fought and died

To break the king’s command, the slaver’s yoke

And slay the Nazi beast.

Remember those who walked in darkness

Eyes on the gourd and the Trail of Tears,

Marching in Selma, martyred in Memphis