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What Leadership Looks Like

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
leading via flags:
half-mast for Asian victims;
visit to Georgia
against the blue sky
we try to erase their hate
with gestures of love

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Puffed Pockets of Hope

January 7, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment

kitty loves jackets

Patagonia-repaired

perfectly pink warmth

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Calm After Storm

November 27, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

blue sky autumn day

blue as our new president

not perfect, but. still.

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Kamala for the Win

November 7, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

here we are. winning.

by a margin way too slim.

at least we win her.

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Blue Morning

November 6, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

invading our walk

this kitty thinks she’s a dog

(Trump’s America)

but we’ll win it back

as i splash blue on two screens

for my kids to watch

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Dear Fellow White Voters

November 5, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

your majority

is as fleeting as winter

during climate change

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Just Three Words

November 4, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

Vamos a ganar

with this American map

he knows nothing of

every moment counts

and he has read my soul here

with these three small words

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The Blues. For Blue.

November 3, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

every election:

because they are so diverse

urbanites vote blue

all it really takes

is a short conversation

with someone different

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Democracy in Action

October 18, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

on this dreary day

plagued by plagues, wildfires

votes matter so much

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Debates

September 29, 2020 / firmlov / Leave a comment

“presidential” words

have left our society

with this disaster

but what can we do?

race the sunrise up the trail?

or trip ourselves down?

either way, we pant,

exhausted before the day

can even burn us.

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