I’m waiting
to rememberthat there is more to today than a headline
that the lump in my throat is not forever
that my fellow Americans are still that
and when they (we) lose their health care and disasters go unrelieved and preventable disease is not prevented and wells are poisoned and two plus two no longer equals four
I will not rejoicebecause
today is more than a headline, and
the lump in my throat is concentrated fuel, and
my fellow Americans are just that, and
we will still fight for health care and disaster relief and disease prevention and clean soil air water and reality in all its forms, andthis timeline is the only one we have, so
I’m waiting.
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J.R. Johnson 
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