from Occupy Democrats
We expect the person who becomes President to know
how to host a state visit.
Angela Merkal arrives in the role of Prime Minister of
Germany
We expect Donald Trump to greet her in his role as
President of the United States.
This is not making America Great.
I makes America look stupid.
from A Feathered Sleep
I told a compassionate jurist once, the recipe for understanding the anxious at heart:
the most disturbing clamor, is that of positivities drum
it beats loudly outside their chamber
be grateful for lifeit proclaims
illuminating sub-text running a ticker tape parade
if you are not grateful you are a bad person
for we know, the anxious will always examine
the inverse and underside
as they themselves are examined and categorized
if you say well at least be glad you are not dead
they will consider all those who seek life
so desperately and why they
who remain unsure at water’s edge
do not perish instead
(take my place! take my place!) (what crimes exist within our fates!)
if you say well, it could be much worse
they will consider all the terrible things that can occur
and condemn themselves for any pain
it is the nature of the anxious…
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from melisdvash
One hand.
Sometimes I type with one hand.
Or like today,
With one finger.
My thoughts,
Which used to rush out
Like a river in full flood
Stayed only by the speed
At which my fingers could
Fly across the keyboard.
My thoughts
Come much slower now
And deeper
With persistence.
–
Art by Rob Goldstein 