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Molly Pitcher: A Poem
I am Poem

Mary Hays McCouly
“Molly Pitcher”
I am Molly Pitcher.
I am fearless when it comes down to America.
I wonder what would happen if I didn’t step up after my husband fell down wounded.
I hear the ear piercing sounds of guns being fired, soldiers dropping dead rapidly.
I see the towering, dark clouds covering the battlefield, soldiers taking cover.
I want to be remembered as not someone great,but somebody who helped their country.

I am Molly Pitcher.
I pretend to be bashful about the war, but when the country is in trouble I have to pull through.
I feel sorrowful about my husband but I know he is gratified about what I did.
I need nothing as long as my country and family are at peace.
I worry that there will be more
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