...not that we will get much closure about the election on Nov 3rd. But ...well, it's all we can think about. Will the Deposed Maniac try to claim victory and hold onto the presidency if he's ahead Tuesday evening -- and then try to end the ballot count? Then I will take to the streets, because all votes must be counted. Besides, races aren't always called on Election Day -- that's a convention brought about by media and the ability to predict an outcome. Back in the day, it would take weeks to tally the vote and get the results to the Electoral College. We will Protect The Results. Absolutely.
We are restless, hearts thrumming
like the hummers
roaring in and out of the purple sage.
We are haunted by 2016 - when we felt the time was right, that we were in the sweet spot to have a woman president to continue a more just society. Now we are grimly hanging onto our hearts, crossing our fingers, gnawing our nails, working to propel a woman Veep. These four years have changed us - all of us, We are a different nation, in many ways, with a new respect for health, for justice, for a government that works for the common good.
Today, I watch a patch of pelicans, brilliantly white with black wing tips, wheel across the sky, determined and steady. That is us, the Determined Ones. We're not extremists, seeking to bash heads or run candidates off the roads, using intimidation, bullying, falsehoods and lies to secure the election because we can't run on our record, because we have nothing to offer the country but more chaos and ineptitude. We use steady inexorable persistence to make headway against injustice, writing batch after batch of postcards, 10 or 20 at a time, to remind voters of the power of the vote, of their voice.
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