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The resistance is happening.
I thought we needed to resist in 2017, but now it’s ever more imperative. On Saturday, I couldn’t believe the visceral reaction I got as I listened to the Republican talking points our representative spouted. We couldn’t help but respond like we did in the video, for he did not have one word to say against the nonsense. Now I have given him complete ownership of beliefs like: “Long Live the King” and “Zelenskyy is a dictator”. I left that meeting feeling like he will not be reelected in ’26. I hope it’s true. Jay Obernolte, one of the richest congress members, has a doctorate in Public Administration and his dissertation was called “”Managing Budgetary Conflict Between the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government.” Important and timely, yes. It seems he may have had something to say, but no. Not.A.Word! He repeated trump lies and gaslighted the audience for an hour.
I wrote this poem today for The Stafford Challenge.
Rejuvenation
What did I do this bright day
when resistance seemed spent
and in vain. I rallied and went
for a bike ride without delay.
“Blinded and corrupt,” I say.
My country’s governing, I lament,
but thoughts to heaven sent
up on the ridge. Fears away.
Resistance is our decree
being human, becoming me
speaking up and out, no curse
The arc will bend, we’ll see
for Justice and Morality will be
our hope, in better and worse
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Rhyming words were taken from Gerard Manley Hopkins sonnet, “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.”
