endearing, the conversations
one has with a showering spouse
while getting dressed in the morning
*
we discuss the nuances of weather,
savored memories of Old Spice, Charlie & Drakkar
when to start the turkey tetrazzini

endearing, the conversations
one has with a showering spouse
while getting dressed in the morning
*
we discuss the nuances of weather,
savored memories of Old Spice, Charlie & Drakkar
when to start the turkey tetrazzini
they should still be here with us
puppy at rest
the curvature of his body
those sweet little legs
poisonous arrows
deflections of who
we might best become
violent swirls
of snow
on frigid
winter pavement
I dream
of the yawning
tedium
of democracy
three squirrels
our birch tree
jungle gym
Saturday. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.
The uproar, the anger, the outrage is real. We cannot allow ourselves to be lulled back into any kind, any semblance whatsoever, of complacency!
“Anyone who can make you believe ABSURDITIES can make you commit ATROCITIES.” ~ Voltaire
And, I might add, shame on those millions of MAGA idiots and morons who’ve bought into, who’ve supported and continue to support, this thuggish regime and their president (he’s certainly not mine). I cannot fathom the lunacy behind their adherence to such hatred, violence and indecency.
perhaps too soon
to say for sure
but if not for the people,
if not for us, for our voices,
our loud anguished cries, our outrage
if not for the brave citizens
taking to the streets to record
the unjust, demented actions
of these zealous marauders & thugs,
surely the violence in Minneapolis
would have continued unchecked.
*
I am proud. I am grateful.
as the outrage —
steeped in sorrow —
escalates, our furious nation
recoils in horror & disgust
but with resolve
tinged fire-hot in anger.
*
we spit in the faces
of this twisted evil,
these masked identities
protected & nurtured
into a deepening violence
by an unholy malevolence.
*
until such actions cease,
our voices will grow only louder
and more fierce.
for what is right, for justice
for Alex and Renee,
brave & strong & sweet.
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