Enemies unite
when faced with a common foe.
Gravestones righted; bigots fall.
~
Humanity shared
rights wrongs perpetuated
by all bigots everywhere.
Enemies unite
when faced with a common foe.
Gravestones righted; bigots fall.
~
Humanity shared
rights wrongs perpetuated
by all bigots everywhere.
Could it be that we’re
looking for leadership in
all the wrong places?
~
Perhaps leadership
isn’t what we’re looking for
when we select our leaders.
How does a nation,
cowering behind its walls,
differ from a prisoner?
~
Such a nation is
truly a prisoner of
its own making.
Do walls keep all that’s
new out so that the old can
pretend nothing’s changed?
~
They build parapets
so they can deny their fear
of open societies.
If he’s too afraid
to buy a cup of coffee,
how’s this the land of the free?
~
We must not forget
our immigrant ancestors
came here to thrive and be free.
When governing proves
hard, is turning to twitter
and golf the best he can do?
~
He’ll just double down,
like he has so many times.
Time to call his bluff.
What can parents do
when children don’t do homework
and teachers begin to gripe?
~
I guess you begin
with who’s the grown-up in the
room and go from there.
Leap before you look
seems to be our president’s
momentous reframe.
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Why should he bother;
with his golden parachute
and silver boot in his mouth?
As days grow longer;
vacillate ‘tween hot and cold,
what but flowers grow confused?
~
The whole planet knows
something’s up except for those
whose motto is “deny and die”.
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What if we took all
the words of “America
the Beautiful” to heart?
~
What if we even
bothered to remember more
than first verse and the refrain?