{"id":2588,"date":"2016-11-17T14:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2016-11-17T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:19:34","slug":"election-poem-democracy-takes-a-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/17\/election-poem-democracy-takes-a-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTION POEM: Democracy Takes A Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like that<\/strong>
\nMourning do<\/strong>
\nAfter a cold night<\/strong>
\nLooking over<\/strong>
\nThat nasty bluff<\/strong>
\nWhen the populace says jump<\/strong>
\nAs if<\/strong>
\nOnly culpable<\/strong>
\nSane<\/strong>
\nHow high<\/strong>
\nFalling for everything<\/strong>
\nAccept gravity and physics<\/strong>
\nAs mirror opinion<\/strong>
\nReproving such an eminent nadir<\/strong>
\nAs democracy takes a dive<\/strong>
\nFor the biggest dip ever<\/strong>
\nAnd with celebrated ruins<\/strong>
\nHour only hope<\/strong>
\nAs tour US industry<\/strong>
\nFor what’s left<\/strong>
\nOf the wrest of the world<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem is dedicated to that huge, really huge part of America that is looming amidst shock and fear of a Donald Trump regime. \u00a0\"Sometimes<\/a>I am definitely not a fan of things having to get worse before they get better. \u00a0\"It's<\/a>I intentionally rejected that notion wholesale years ago. \u00a0While we can learn stuff by getting hit in the face by a 2×4, this is a bankrupt rationale for hitting people in the face with a 2X4. \u00a0In a Trump dystopia, the biggest dream I can muster is that his capricious governing will cause American empire to falter in its hegemonic domination of the rest of the world. [editor’s note: I had to add “dystopia” to my blog’s dictionary] \u00a0Trump’s America first<\/em> credo is, of course, perfectly aligned with traditional and endemic American exceptionalism. \u00a0\"ANTI-WAR<\/a>My hope rests somewhere in the neighborhood of one’s greatest strength becoming one’s greatest weakness. \u00a0While many aspects of a Trump regime are uncertain, there is little doubt that hubris will not be in short supply. \u00a0May progressive and humane forces take advantage of whatever cracks may appear in the predominance of well-disciplined empire. \u00a0May we forge a future beyond the false choices of neoliberalism and fascism, a future of solidarity and equity between all peoples and justice for the planet in which our life ultimately depends.<\/p>\n

Feel free to browse anti-imperialism and anti-empire designs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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