For Memorial Day ~ The Great American Poll Tax

by Stephen A. Wait ~ 31^st of May, 2021

The Great American Poll Tax

Imposed from our founding, a tremendous levy finds only a selfless few. Where markers on scattered fields betray their expense, the final vote stands to be tallied. Be it known that for each ballot cast, a “last full measure of devotion” was offered. And by this great forfeiture, our liberty arrives.

^{Stephen A. Wait}

_{“…last full measure of devotion-…” ~ President Abraham Lincoln, 19th of November, 1863}

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