anti trump
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Some Lines Are Worth Holding
They ask for silence and call it patience.They ask for obedience and call it respect.They ask us to forget and call it moving on.They ask us to look away and call it unity.They ask us to comply and call it the law. And we answer the way we have answered this past year:by staying awake,by Continue reading
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Emerging from the Penumbra

Merril D. Smith In scant light, slant light, shadows strollabove the bones unseen,remains of scattered, shattered lives,Glory, Hallelujah, we used to sing. Was this then, or is this now?The truth is marching on–torn, twisted, and trampledin scant, slant light as shadows stroll, as masked men menace, muscled maraudersfrom obscurity troll in the scant, slant light Continue reading
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Everyone Loses in this Monopoly Game

Merril D. Smith The first square is empty, walkon the beach, envision a city,build it, they will come, ferry to railroad, Philadelphia day-trippers,vacationers, escapers, walk the Boardwalk,it’s the place to be seen— women in diamonds and furs—turn a corner, jumpa square, find the bootleggers and bookies,make a deal,over there, a new hotel. On another square, Continue reading

