Through stuttered stops
and exposed throat
on a bitter Winter day,
the president
took the oath
to serve
and then to say:
Unity! Unity!
We must not be divided.
America must rise and raise
behind our leader,
Joseph Biden.
There’s far to go
and much to gain.
It will be tough—
there is no hiding. But
Tomorrow’s Americans will write:
The States,
They were United.