–by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)
Time to Choose
middle finger or peace sign
coca-cola or clean water
republicans and democrats or trees
umpteen gender identities or every man, woman, and child
(and, yes, there are physical hermaphrodites)
melting pot or Original Peoples’ lands
the horrors of war or horror movies
plug-in diffusers or clean air
school shootings or common courtesy
rapes or hugs
fast food or simmer
stuck in the mud or paradigm shift
the wrong side of the tracks or improvement of public transportation
slave labor or looking forward to go to work
what are you doing? or how do you feel?
food insecurity or more zucchini than you know what to do with
God Almighty or everyone
stuck in the mud, the landslide, the tornado, the flooding,
the drying lake, the scorched earth
or
paradigm shift, paradigm shift.
brother and sister,
can you spare a paradigm shift?