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Relief
January 20, 2021

Find joy in the little things:
the glint of rust on flagpoles at dawn,
or squeak of shoes on desecrated marble.
Imperfections I’d given up on.

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America on the Brink  / Be The Change  / poetry

How to Prepare for a Coup in a Pandemic
January 10, 2021

Sometimes, taking a break from the news and work,
I’ll spot the collected works of this or that poet
and, for a moment, have context for despair.

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Be The Change  / poetry

Requiem for Senator Josh Hawley’s Book Deal
January 9, 2021

How lovely it would be to live in a nation where
poetry put down insurrections. Then I might bang out
this stanza and go sue a wolf for stealing the moon.

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America on the Brink  / Be The Change  / poetry  / Politics

Let’s Not Repeat the Error of November 4, 2008
January 1, 2021

“Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.” – John Lewis

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Politics

Te Deum: The Supreme Court Blocks Restrictions on Houses of Worship
November 28, 2020

At last I’m free to visit Church today;
What State dare silence this ecstatic hymn?
Hallelujah, O Lord, how oft we pray
to be free—and now we’re free! Yet we brim

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Life After Dodging A Bullet
November 21, 2020

I try on a suit to look handsome for the moon
ask the mirror what I’ve gained and what I’ve lost.

I mourn the death of those yet to die,
seek an urn to hold the ashes of what might have been.

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What Senate Democrats Should Say in Advance of the Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation
October 24, 2020

You would have to have your heads up your asses to expect us to take back power and not exact political revenge.

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Politics

Will We Get Away With it?
October 24, 2020

Here we reward the worst crimes with a cushy job
at a White Shoe law firm that does pro bono work
for the ACLU.

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America on the Brink  / poetry  / Politics

An Open Letter to King & Spalding: Fire Rod Rosenstein
October 23, 2020

The only way to demonstrate your commitment to justice is to immediately sever all ties with Mr. Rosenstein, whose actions are diametrically opposed to the values you claim to espouse.

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Musings  / News  / philosophy  / Politics  / Prose

Love Sonnet Written on Learning That the President Has Been Hospitalized
October 4, 2020

We knew these would be hard years; at least we can laugh,
say I love you, watch for the flags at half-staff.

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