We Need More Than Soothing Disobedience, Now, to Move Forward Not Backward
In the beginning, the very beginning,
only the wealthy, those who owned land,
could vote in the new country, The United States
of America. Tradition carried over from England
and Europe. The colonies built new traditions.
More: Prejudice. Racism. Sexism.
All manner of bias. Laws slowly
slowly slowly slowly
slowly changed. What the hell is
this country thinking now. Why
are our citizens still being denied their rights.
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I’m right there with you!
People are so tragically resistant to change, and so many people suffer because of it. Thank you for calling it out in this poem.
I agree!
How true, Philip.