Friday, April 24, 2020

Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo Sued over Face Mask Requirement - poem (of a sort)

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com







Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo Sued over Face Mask Requirement
 
“Who was that masked man?”
 
-various minor characters in The Lone Ranger

Once upon a time masks were forbidden
Those fashion statements of outlaws and Klan
Whose faces and crimes they kept hidden
Behind funny facewear, like Batman
 
But the Hidalgo who rules over us
As if we were Spanish colonials
Dismisses our rights as superfluous
Written off by her edicts baronial

So speaking of masks – where is our Zorro?
To tell the Alcalde – “Masks no more-oh!”

 

 

(Relax, Ms. Grundy, it’s just a bit of fun with layered allusions to Texas history; I have my mask.)

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