The Philadelphian Liberty Bell rang out silently

that the British are coming,

not in order to subdue or to raise terror

and burn down the White House, to smoke

out the tender uprising,

what would be the point when if I had lived

through such times I would have been in Boston

saving the tea but pointing out that coffee

would have been more of a statement

of future intent,

no

the bell rang out for a freedom of my own making

and I allowed my friend, my Philadelphia counsel