I have worshiped an idol.
I have read my Bible.
It made my skin crawl.
Why?
I believed in the ban for Muslims,
rallied to the Wall to keep out the Mexican gangs and rapists.
To protect the unborn babies,
I waffled on Trump’s 30,000 lies.
Doesn’t God damn all liars?
What does that make me?
On January 6th my fellow Trumpers stormed the Capitol to Stop the Steal.
I drank in the fear,
vomited disgust–
Capitol police clubbed and maced and punched.
So why do his supporters color their flags blue?
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I settled in Vermont, the whitest state.
To scrub off Trump’s cesspool,
I walk down to the clotted blue-green algae in Lake Champlain
and try to clean it up.
Where will I begin?
Will my efforts even matter?