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Tonight's Poet Corner: Current Events

Current Events by Belinda Roddie All of the demons I used to know - they have all gathered in the local town square. Picking up sticks and stitching them into crucifixes that they weave in their brimstone hair. The black stickiness lingers on their fingers. They cackle at the sobs from those already marginalized, now afraid of a lifetime of peripheral vision, or a bullet leaving stains on their car seats. All of the demons I used to know - they are all crowded around computer screens. Their keyboards smoke as they pound out their anthems of political decay. Listen: They'll tell you everything is great again, but there's an asterisk at the bottom of the page. You gotta be Caucasian to get the rights we fought so hard for, and you better not trust the Muslim lawyer who lives next door. They want you to prick yourself with your own safety pin, stay in the echo chamber you've gotten so comfortable in. They'll laugh at your protests and indulge in the

Today's OneWord: N/A

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