I have been afraid before.
The clutch has gripped my breath.
The flesh has risen.
Cold has been my heart. At its core.

But now the sky is flat.
Our days fly past in silence.
Birdsong, a tired memory.
Listen. You cannot hear—Life is shut.

Now “Afraid” has a new mask.
“Somebody” is President! Ohmydeargod!
The very wind is a weapon!
Now deadly clouds come out his ass!

Fear not! Wind also blows away!
Sentry posts are “Womanned.”
And “manning up” is
measured by bold women of this day.[1]

During the dark times of a novel coronavirus—called COVID-19, on April 13, 2020, the “somebody” in the White House said this to reporters in the briefing room: “When somebody’s the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that is the way it’s gotta be.”[2]

Our blood boiled. Kaitlan Collins[3] to the rescue. The CNN White House correspondent put the offensive narcissist in his place. She said, “That is not true. Who told you that?”[4] She asked him where he got his information. She asked him to explain himself. Her face was all business. Her posture and expression were powerful. Debra and I took heart! The bone-spurred failed leader did not explain himself which explained everything.

Ms. Kaitlan Collins and we the majority of “somebody’s” fellow citizens—we take solace in the plain truth. We live in a democracy.

As the weather goes, so it is for societies. A fair wind has no guarantees.

VOTE!


Photo: Elizabeth Tate (1868-1956), suffragist, activist, and mother

[1] http://bentari.com/ - Copyright Tim Brown and Bentari Project. “The Wind and the Woman”
[2] https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-total-authority-president-011158457.html
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitlan_Collins
[4] https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2020/04/watch-cnn-reporter-tells-trump-that-is-not-true-who-told-you-that-when-he-declares-total-authority/