A poem, presented as an early draft to be revisited later (since, really, it’s always rewriting), without commentary.

Who Are They Now?

--at the planning committee, since the Jan 6 redo set for March 4 got moved 
to some future date where it might be moved again 
depending on the weather

--limiting days and dates and times to vote so that lines and losses and limits 
will be long and lamentable

--making it illegal to give food and water to those waiting in those lines

--rubbing the golden idol, flipflopped and beshorted, in the hotel lobby
in a silent prayer for white prosperity or white power or 
a weak constitution

--giving guided tours to the scouting party
of the weekend insurrection enactment club

--flying to Cancun, 35000 feet above burst pipes
and dead bodies and the panted breaths
of a spaniel fogging the sliding glass door of an empty house

--voting every vote a nay, every nay a guess

--suddenly worried about deficits and defiant tweets,
protocols and POC protesters in streets

--sleeping while states burn and states freeze
and states turn and states wheeze

--donning white hoods and goose-step boots 
and star-spangled speedos and boxers, grafting
murderous intent, spreading the big lie for
murderous dissent

we know who
and
we know where
	and when
	and why
	and how
		now what will we do about them?

©David Siller – 2021

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