Friday, January 15, 2021

An Orderly Transition of Power, They Say - poem

 

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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