Enemies unite
when faced with a common foe.
Gravestones righted; bigots fall.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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What if we even
bothered to remember more
than first verse and the refrain?
When the strikers struck
and no one seemed to notice,
what will be freedom’s next move?
~
We must wait and see.
Freedom’s work is incomplete
but its workers do not rest.
When improvements don’t
improve and enhancements don’t
enhance, what are we up to?
~
Perhaps replacements
will replace when enticements
fail to entice change agents.
Ignorant actors
fumble across the world stage
resembling circus clowns…
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On our own small stage
may we perform wise acts of
kindness, reason, and constraint.
In difficult times,
how is it that some folks
are still able to find joy?
~
Schadenfreude works
but at a steep moral price;
better to seek other ways.
On this day of love,
Can we hope to find some peace
from this angry vitriol?
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We must not only
hope, we must do all we can
to bring peace into being.
Can we find peaceful
solutions when our hearts
and minds are at war?
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If we drop our guard
in the face of tyranny
we’ll find the peace of the grave.
Comet and eclipse:
are these dire auguries
inscribed upon the heavens?
~
We read into things
heavenly what often lies
within our own souls.
What is this hot air
that blows across our nation,
stifling our every breath?
~
Perhaps it’s because
Presidential odium
is causing global warming.
“Separate but Equal”,
more than just a catchy phrase;
how could they have forgotten?
~
The problem is those
who push that phrase have never
forgotten their ill intent.
Is what we’re seeing
civilization’s fall or
the privileged’s last gasp?
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Privilege may survive
when the revolution comes,
but many will surely fall.
When a liar says
the media lies instead,
will fools trust their hearts or heads?
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Fools trust neither hearts
nor heads. They place their trust in
those who lie instead.
What helps us see the
common humanity of
those with whom we disagree?
~
It’s easy to see
another’s humanity
if we share reality.
Why should we truckle
before the irrational
bluster of a narcissist?
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It would be best to
stand by our deep values and
keep an open heart.
Sometimes “Follow the
Leader” can take a nation
right over the cliff.
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Following leaders
will never lead you astray;
just don’t follow this lemming.
Must we daily wait
in dreadful fascination
for his next vile dictum?
~
Let’s turn our sights toward
those who are profiles in
courage and reason instead.
When we justify
the unjustifiable
what have we become?
~
Tools of the machine?
Unwitting accomplices?
Lamb’s being led to slaughter?
Thus it is revealed,
the consequence of honor,
in a soulless madman’s world.
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It’s better to be
banished from such a world than
to fuse with its soullessness.
When leaders confuse
liberty with license, what
becomes of morality?
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Some people stand up,
often to their detriment,
for liberty and justice.