They wanted freedom…
to assemble arsenals of anger.
freedom…
to ban and burn our books.
to contaminate the commons.
to dox and disappear dissenters.
freedom…
to endanger elders with epidemics.
to facilitate fascism.
to gut our government.
freedom…
to honor hatred.
to impose international isolation.
to jettison judges and justices.
freedom…
to kowtow to a king.
to lambast libraries and learning.
to misinform and manhandle the media.
freedom…
to nominate Nazis.
to operate openly.
to posture and pontificate.
freedom…
to quash queerness.
to revoke our rights.
to send someone to Salvador.
freedom…
to troll and torment on Twitter.
to undo our unions.
to victimize voters.
freedom…
for the wealthy.
for eXtremists.
for young zealots of a rising generation.
They wanted freedoms
from abc to xyz,
to undo our democracy,
and we…
We couldn’t tell them no
because we all love freedom so.
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