Tagged: election
between now and then,
between now and then,
resist the weight – the one that
makes us all curl up
.
20210108:2251
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less than a week in,
less than a week in,
and our bodies are already
heavy, no, even
heavier, holding it to-
gether, for this many more days
.
20210107:2012
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even in the land of
even in the land of
the free, we collectively
grieve when no one
is stepping up to
lead us,
hide our sons and
daughters from our
neighbors, run directly
into traffic,
masked or unmasked, struck
by the myth of
heroes and villains
.
20201114:0622
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yes, all of us are
yes, all of us are
now caught between covid and
an election – we
look to the sky for some form
of relief, the clouds refuse
.
20201013:1444
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yes, we are spinning
yes, we are spinning
counterclockwise into an
election – put on
your masks, don your supersuits,
vote early, save democracy
.
20200929:0152
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this morning, we line
this morning, we line
up to weigh in on five charter
ballot questions, en
pointe, sleepy, weightless, pirouette,
pirouette, dancing with power
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: ballot
there is really no
there is really no
sitting it out when you have
a position – when
it comes down to two choices,
you must go with the other
.
20191021:0740
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: other
we keep doing this,
we keep doing this,
passing the baton,
season after season,
trying our hardest
not to trip
.
20181107:2035
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: trip
for the moment, we
for the moment, we
are oarless, drifting in our
particular brand
of hope, altogether one
nation, innumerous tribes
.
20181106:2038
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: hope
understanding that
understanding that
we are all deplorables
knits together years
of doing and undoing –
let’s pause to count the stitches
.
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