White nationalists, neo-Nazis and Klansmen clashed with counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Credit Edu Bayer for The New York Times |
Meanwhile, here is one of Rebel Girl's latest, which appeared online on January 4th, 2018, as part of "What Rough Beast," Indolent Books online project which seeks to publish a "poem a day by a different poet exploring and responding to our nation’s political reality."
She Fears: A Villanelle
She fears his mob more than the man
the flag not hers when in their hands
when he is gone, they still will stand
conspiracy converts the land
an anthem stung into command
she fears that mob more than their man
she reads their signs: demand demand
bright torches, chants, night-roaming klans
when he is gone, they will still stand
they have been waiting, like the sands
for a late tide that drowns the land
she fears this mob more than the man
recalling plans of other clans
when candles gently lit the land
When he is gone, still will they stand?
Interrogate the past they brand!
Barricade our hearts, our held hands!
She fears his mob more than their man.
When he is gone, will we still stand?
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1 comment:
Clever Ms. Rebel Girl. Keep playing with them words.
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