"Freedom"

the last thing i should have to do is
recite my allegiance to a piece of cloth,
recite my allegiance to a nation under a god i don't believe in,
repeat a pledge that tells lies -
how is there liberty for all when saying that meat
from a colorado slaughterhouse is unfit for consumption
is a criminal offense, how is there justice when
innocent men are sent to the death.
and forcing children to recite a pledge? how
is that
freedom?