*Lagging Left*
A policy
wonk interferes
where intervening
would do nicely.
She says, “thank you,”
to mean simply,
“I agree.”
I am uncomfortable.
with that, with what
we tell ourselves.
We tell ourselves
the weather is injurious.
A typo-
graphical renunciation
to discuss,
in lieu of bravery.
I hold you when
I might have held you
not just hostage.
Such darkness rhymes
with stretch, with
steep, with
heretofore,
with semaphore.
Sheila E. Murphy
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