Thursday, August 7, 2025

when I went to
washington DC with my mom
to see the georgia o'keefe 
exhibit*
*I think I was sixteen 

we ALSO went
to the CAPITOL 
&
PART of the TOUR
you see the
ROTUNDA 

when I saw
the MURAL I was LIKE -- OH

I just took one look at it
& I was LIKE 

it NEVER was
a people's 
REVOLUTION 

prior to that

I'm not SURE how much
THOUGHT 
I had put into it

I MEAN 
I HAD thought
ABOUT the WAYS
we weren't 
& NEVER
HAD
lived up to our promise, concepts, what have you 

BUT 
I hadn't thought about 
the CLASS issues 

because 
I guess 
I was 
SO INTO 
the 
ENLIGHTENMENT IDEALS

that the
FRAMEWORK 
was OFF
for
ME

& I MEAN 
charlotte had disabused me
of a lot of naivete 

BUT 
STILL 
the MURAL
HIT
different