Lawrence Hall
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An Orderly Transition of Power, They Say
Is’t night’s predominance, or the day’s shame
That darkness does the face of earth entomb
When living light should kiss it?
Macbeth II.iiii.9-11
On Inauguration Day there
should be:
Children waving sparklers,
avenues of light
High school bands and Boy
Scouts in formation
Merriment along streets
scrubbed clean and bright
A happy people in love
with their nation
But we are given:
Soldiers, concertina wire
strung between Corinthian columns, secret service, chain-link fencing, police, checkpoints,
soldiers, roadblocks, secret service, rooftop marksmen, police, missile
batteries, soldiers, no-go zones, secret service, lockdowns, police, lockouts, soldiers,
security gates, secret service, identification checks, police, radar, soldiers,
radios, secret service, body scans, police, x-rays, soldiers, sniffer dogs, secret
service, permits, police, passes, soldiers, patdowns, secret service, badges, police,
questions, soldiers
Fear
Why?
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