first thought only thought
reach out and touch without asking
first thought only thought
assume the female world bends to your un-asked-for touch
first thought only thought
yell “not going down for this” to agent/manager
first thought only thought
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maybe it’s time for second thoughts
In Cherokee County,
Asian women are murdered
By a goateed White man
Trying to explain away his crime
As sex addiction to be purged by slaughter
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The Captain at the press conference
Tries to explain away the murderer’s crime
As a very bad day
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Of course, the Captain doesn’t resign
Instead, the Sheriff’s department issues
A press release about how yesterday was a
Very bad day indeed for the Captain
And please regret the heartache his words caused
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Please regret the loss of eight lives, Sheriff,
By showing your Captain the door
hear the conservatives cry
see them make twisted sad faces
world heals as they retreat
into playing familiar culture war games
moans of they’re taking this away
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thank the good Lord for boredom
all hail smooth running competence
praise the desire to fix what’s broken
we need boring in our great land
government letting us breathe again
did the fun thing
made the love thing
tried to get the hang of the work thing
spent the last year on the lockdown thing
then the smiling mortician appeared
telling me I had a disease
this disease could be held at bay
for a few years perhaps
before the house wins
and my affairs demand ordering
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how best to make the most of what remains,
I think to myself
as the smiling mortician drives away
Inspired by the Joni Mitchell song:
Today the governors and the mayors sing open up fast
Masks peel off in Texas, indoor restaurant service in NY and CA
No longer fearful of potential spread and variants
Looking the other way from falling stars
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And the coronavirus still goes round and round
No way to keep it curbed will be found
When White Republicans won’t bare their arms
And we enter a second year with potential for great harm
