One Today: History to Question
"...history to question..."
"hope--a new constellation/waiting for us to map it/waiting for us to name it--together"
Today, I remember that the "American" continents look the way they do because of theft and murder, the shameful dismissal of lives, human and other. That the exploitation is redoubled, today.
And I remember that we can again face the stars and map that constellation. Hope.
Here is the full text of Richard Blanco's Inaugural poem, "One Today."
"hope--a new constellation/waiting for us to map it/waiting for us to name it--together"
Today, I remember that the "American" continents look the way they do because of theft and murder, the shameful dismissal of lives, human and other. That the exploitation is redoubled, today.
And I remember that we can again face the stars and map that constellation. Hope.
Here is the full text of Richard Blanco's Inaugural poem, "One Today."