Confirmation
Lock-step backwards
never looking forward.
The sound of privileged
denying privilege,
numbness imposed
without removing the pain
of a future no different
from the past.
This is my response to The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Prompt #162, with the words lock, step, numb, past & sound.
Image source: J Scott Applewhite/Associated Press, via Vermont Public Radio
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Well said – confirmation was of far more than one man’s job. Sad truth in your note on privilege.
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Indeed, and thank you.
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Well said again!
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😀 Thanks!
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There is no “getting past” this week. I don’t think the Powers That Be have any idea. (K)
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Even as we move forward, we’ll have a Supreme Court determined to pull us back.
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I’m afraid so.
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Yes, well said. I think I’ve been alternating between anger and being numb. It is getting scarier.
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Thank you, Merril.
Watching and waiting.
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