Bearfort Ridge October 17, 2020

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the worst one yet

This is likely to be the worst one yet

The nine black robes defending minority rule 

Protecting white supremacy and male domination 

Rolling back our gains won through struggle 

This one is a believer in a medieval religion 

A crusader against a woman's right to choose 

Genuflecting at the feet of those sanctimonious priests

Telling parishioners to obey them their Lord

This one says they are not a scientist

Meaning they don't know that the climate crisis is real

And says sexual orientation is a preference

Meaning they don't recognize LGBTQ rights

This one plans many more reactionary rulings

Protecting the rights of capitalist owners 

Perpetuating the institutions of this racist system

Opposing every progressive reform 

There is a remedy of course 

Better than expanding the number of robes

Which isn't going to happen anyway

And is just one of the many ways the system is rigged 

We need to start over again from scratch

If you want everyone's vote to actually count 

If you want equal rights for everyone to be a reality 

If you want our health and happiness to be a priority 

They aren't going to give it up without a fight 

But we are the majority and we have the means

To compel the changes that are sorely needed 

Because we are the ones who do all the work

Mary Patrick October 15, 2020

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Doris Duke Loop October 14, 2020

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together and apart

Of all the thousands of people in this place

Younger and older going about their lives

So few are known to me to greet by name

Much less to say anything personal

Seeing a stranger I sometimes wonder

What it would be like to get to know them

Imagining about their life and what stories

They could tell me if we were friends

But I keep my distance especially now

As the pandemic intensifies our isolation

Having to withdraw into our separate lives

Susceptible to a sense of alienation

Some take risks being desperate to socialize

Needing to talk face to face over a meal

Wanting to be close enough to touch

To eat drink and be happy for tomorrow you die

But most take precautions being careful

Hoping to live to see another happier day

Knowing we are not alone in our challenges

Contending with similar difficulties

The disconnect of being together and apart

Impacts all of us but more if we are alone

In a kind of parallel collective experience

Each in our individual household silos

Warm and dry under comfy covers

On this cold and wet October night

We are happy to be next to each other

Lucky to be enjoying good health

McKeags Meadow October 11, 2020

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