Savage Waters

This disease leaves wounds,

rivers both wide and deep.

Too deep for fording

and much too wide for bridges,

so we build ferries

and brave treacherous waters,

holding connections

to our loved ones long estranged

by these savage waters wide.

A Welcome Abridgement

Should I never hear,

Again, the words, sham or scheme,

Their absence I, shall not miss.

Abortions of Justice

When there’s “no distance”

between defendant and judge,

all that’s missing are white hoods.

A Statesman’s Prayer

When we disagree,

can we not remain civil

and work to find common ground?

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You know I love our country,

as I know you love it too.

Let us not cast stones!