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GOOD MOURNING

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Morning, hidden by smoke haze, weakens resolve

after sins no dreams could resolve.

An anger so deep and profound,

the pain of our loss deadens the sound

of hurt and betrayal in silence, tightly bound.

Anger and fear choke the woke

whose only sin is that truth should abound

and evil be run to the ground,

and that love can be felt all around;

that every child can live in hope

in a country where fear has been defeated

and guns are no longer needed

to feel safe

on this morning,

in this space

where I wake mourning.

I wake. I am woke.

I keep moving

to a place where we

shall overcome

again

and again

and again.

Good Mourning !

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DOUBTING THOMAS

He who uses and abuses

the Rule of Law

destroys the foundation

of the nation.

Criminality alone is insufficient

to destroy the system put in place

to bring a nation into grace.

The Law is a jealous mistress

whom wives of judges should not ignore.

A wife’s voice has no place near the Bench,

nor the bed, nor the couch;

not directly into the ear,

nor spoken aloud before the crowd.

Chief Justices must deplore

women or men above the law.

Attorney Generals must assemble

facts and charges against

those who try to suspend 

Law’s eminence and rule.

Ignoring such stands is playing the fool.

if Law is to rule over all,

Judges must abstain 

from political refrain.

Politicians must abstain

from disinformation campaign.

We have seen it all before. 

We would never countenance 

such false description on a box of cereal.

Yet, we allow false descriptions

of political opponents; and the lies

in briefs filed by false prophets;

and the lies by talking heads 

who entertain ignorant hoards

rather than inform.

Stand silent? 

We cannot allow such a shallow response

to tsunami waves of autocratic ways

if democracy is to survive and thrive.

We must open our mouths and shout it out.

We must run to the polls and vote those out

who doubt the value of the Rule of Law, 

refuse subpoenas and hide behind lies

to bring our democracy to its knees.

Stand and alight in the freedom fight.

Doubt the Thomases of this world,

watching their abuse of Law unfold.

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