I can vote to veto
hate and fear-mongering politicos,
a refusal to aid and abet upper-echelon manifestos.
You can vote to veto
whatever tickles your own toes,
a fair bet to ensure your own democratic say-so.
But please don’t vote to veto
empathy,
it’s absence begets and kowtows to a discordant symphony.
Maybe the problem with politics is . . .
pronouns.
Isn’t politics supposed to be pro-nouns?
pro-people?
pro-places?
pro-things?
pro-ideas?
It’s more like anti-nouns.
anti-people.
anti-places.
anti-things.
anti-ideas.
It’s he said versus she said.
This versus that.
Them versus us.
You versus me.
But who is he? Who is she?
What is this? that?
I’m not even sure who we are. Let alone them.
I don’t even know you.
I do know me though.
I’m a woman, a mother, a teacher.
I care about equality for women, a better world for my child and your child too, and education.
Hey you,
Tell me about yourself.
You’re a ______________, a _____________, a ____________.
You care about ____________, _____________, and ____________.
It’s nice to meet you.
Maybe if you and I put the nouns back into politics,
we might get somewhere, anywhere, but
here.
Originally posted on Facebook.
