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Such a Wind

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Such a Wind
by Beth Weaver-Kreider

Such a wind.
Such a wild, wild wind.
Corn husks spiraling down out of the sky,
leaves rising in my rearview mirror
like something out of a German luxury car ad,
that move-along shove from behind
as you walk from the house to your car.

A devil-may-care wind,
a witches-are-passing wind,
a scouring, powerful rowdy wind,
the kind that could blow down
the towers of injustice,
pull kings from their thrones,
and lay waste the structures built of lies.
No house of cards can stand
in the face of that wind.

Gratitude List:
1. The softness of milkweed fluff
2. The view from my parents’ new apartment
3. Rest
4. Smoothie for supper
5. Reminders to seek joy
May we walk in Beauty!

Disorderly

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Disorderly
by Beth Weaver-Kreider

I will not be in
timidated by the pat
riarchal posers

I will not be des
pairing over the lies dis
persed by wannabe

dictators and syc
ophants groveling in ab
ject obsequious

ness I will be dis
orderly and ungovern
able as the moon

Gratitude List:
1. The sleeping giant is awakening (and she is seeking justice)
2. The moon the moon the moon the moon
3. Four-part harmony
4. Crocheting with a friend
5. Weekends!
May we walk in Beauty!

No King

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No King
by Beth Weaver-Kreider

It was the perfect image, actually:
a rogue king (self-proclaimed)
shitting on his people,
slit-eyes shifting
in haughty detachment,
in the cabin of a fake fighter jet.
Unwanted, incompetent,
unable even to wear his own
safety gear safely. Alone
in the sky, unstable, unhinged,
no flicker of inner worlds
in his incurious eyes,
a demented troll awakened
to perform a moment’s school bully vengeance.

And you there, in your thousands,
there in your millions, you in you
high-spirited froggy and unicorn glee,
how you cavorted, supporting your neighbors,
singing, thumbs-upping, and honking,
you, dressed in your first amendment,
you, wearing your We The People,
holding your Constitutional rights in your fists,
remember that no king, no dictator,
no foolish, decrepit would-be emperor
will ever take away your right to be free.