we go to the rally
we don’t complain about the cold
but we do about the speakers
we want a story
we want better timing on these chants
some are pretty good; some do not impress us
how jaded. and for what? what does it serve us?
and why not? we have opinions
on everything else, we know
where we stand on things
(sometimes)
anyway
I don’t mean to say I was not moved – I was
watching a woman place a stone upon a monument
in the cold
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it’s weird to know
that half the reason
it’s going so well now
is because it will be over soon
and everybody knows it