The days of the federal government’s partial shutdown continue to mount, affecting federal workers, travelers, tourists and everyone else, too.
Government Shutdown
How many days
Or weeks
Will the impasse
Last?
Will the wall
Wall us in?
Keep us divided
Into separate non-speaking groups
Just like one half wants to do
At the border?
Or will we find a way
To bridge that divide
To get the parks back open
To get the TSA in full force
To get all the take-for-granteds
On track?
Well
Either we will
Or this wall
Will collapse
Us.
And I guess the one good thing
From that government rubble
Is that then
We won’t
Have to pay
Taxes.