A Reminder About Firsts

First transgender representative

First protester

First lesbian senior

First Muslim mayor

First to take a stand

First in history

But that's not the point is it?

Not at all

The point isn't that they were first

We seem to forget that

The point is that they won't be the last

feather pen

a fool with a pen

VT

15 years old

Poetry

By a fool with a pen

An Inadequate Description of the Ocean

50 fathoms crushing down
Crashing waves on granite ground
Whitecaps framed by fading sky
High above
On cliffs I lie

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Poetry

By a fool with a pen

Casualties

Scalding water to make tea
Eggs Broken to cook an omelet
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I wonder what I'd do if it were up to me
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Where I'd draw the line in the sand

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Poetry

By a fool with a pen

Call it Progress

The people built the wall
With their hands in their pockets
Brick by brick
Lifted over heads bowed low

Then they tore it down
Hands bleeding

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