The events of this day will go down in history. How will we remember them? That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
January 6 2021
We started the day scrolling
Notifications pinging
Georgia results rolling
Senate control flipping
Work productivity dropping
Mired in Electoral College
Constitutional minutiae
And then these words:
“We will not quit fighting”
“trial by combat”
“You will never take back our country with weakness”
“We’re coming for you.”
With that
the push began
the crush of bodies
the walls scaled
the glass shattered
the weapons drawn
The Confederate battle flag
flying in the nation’s Capitol
Our representatives crouched under seats
like fourth graders
This is not a drill.
We are watching
We are all watching
This superspreader event
years of conspiracies and lies
And Congress reconvened
And got back to work
By morning
We had one more set of confirmation
And one more reminder
of just how broken we are