Jeffersonian Olympics (CW: Slavery, racism, white supremacy)

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The meter is still wonky. The meter will always be wonky. I have come to terms with this now. ::pensive::

I hope you will reconsider this.  When I see rhyming poetry take on history, I get a warm feeling. 
I know that taking a direct quote from centuries ago isn't always amenable to meter, but...
"We hold these truths...".  There's a little iambic chunk. 
I guess if I was going to tackle it, I'd try and reduce line lengths a bit to make things a bit easier.
I just pulled out my old Rupert Bear poems from the 1960's.  Only eight syllables per line, but absolutely perfect iambic for several hundred stanzas.