January 21, 22

*
2 eagles overhead
raise cheers
from the gathered
crowd, now
that the day
of reassessment
is come

(auspicious)

If millions flood
the streets,
surely
some debris 
will be washed
away;
if millions shout
surely
someone hears
(and cannot
deny)


*
The air is still,
but heavy.
The gray firs
are hushed
their limbs
un-
moving.
Burden
of sky.

(weighted)

That there are
no
“alternative facts.”
The tactic is
delegitimize 
and lie;
that with each
morning
they’d erase
the previous
night