with the gerrymandering
they have diluted
the vote
ENOUGH
&
that people will be
MAD
enough
&
that they've
LOST
the hispanic vote that they are counting on
I talked to a woman who handed me a flyer
about the november protest in DC
& I'm LIKE
HOW
does that work
STAYING in the STREET
until the administration
"is gone"
& she couldn't tell me
she said she's been
PROTESTING
since nineteen seventy one
& she shares my
HOPE
about the gerrymandering
EVEN though
I didn't SEE
MUCH
about this PROTEST
they filed it all properly, or whatever
WESTHEIMER
WAS
blocked off
& we had
POLICE
escort
CARS
HORSES
ATVs
I didn't make it all the way
I was overheated
& maybe a little
DEHYDRATED
so I stopped a couple blocks short
at a whataburger
I wasn't
drinking water
because
there were no bathrooms
& THEN
in whataburger
SOME old guy
was trying to engage
he thinks "both sides" are LYING
BUT
he's perfectly
HAPPY
to have the national guard come
& DEAL WITH
"the crime"
MAYBE someday
I will be LIKE
JUST
F*CK OFF
BUT
that doesn't
FEEL SAFE
even though he was using a wheelie walker
*sigh*
