no doors will open
only borders
and they are
the preludes
to resentment
but think if only you
could be very
quiet, become
very small you
could slip through
to sit liminal as a god
at the crossroads
agonize, organize
infinite as the sun...
falls down
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Note: Not much of a July 4th celebration this year. On a logistical level, LB, my usual Independence Day date is off at a wedding. Plus it was rainy, so I felt less inclined to seek out parades and outdoor concerts, and Nu and Big A like a low-key evening anyway. On a critical level, the past week of Supreme Court rulings (esp. criminalizing homeless people while giving presidents almost monarchial immunity) has shaken me. "America doesn't deserve a birthday party this year" is a theme/mood on my socials. Also: a lot of anticipatory dread and anxiety about the upcoming elections (esp. as I foresee a lot of in-fighting on the left). I wonder--and worry--about where we'll be as a nation next year this time.
Pic: A red-white-and-blue pic of Lansing fireworks SJ shared.