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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Be We That We...?

Be we that we of whom it's said, 
"This isn't who we are"...?
Be we that we enraged 
that women's rights have gone too far...?
Be we that we who neighbors hear 
call climate change a hoax...?
Be we that we who're silent re: 
their neighbors' racist jokes...?
Be we that we who turn away
the planet's tired 'n' poor...?
Be we that we who spoke the truth
but don't do any more...?
Be we that we of whom "This isn't 
who we are" be said...?
We be that we. (Brief colloquy:
we'd all be better dead.)

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Lolita, light of my life...  ...might fail to yell "Foil!"...  ...or opt to yell "Epee!" -- she's just that unpredic...