A number poem for a political activist in honor of Election Day:
Seventy-three is always at
the ready,
Eager to march, to sign,
to speak, to sing.
Victory’s the goal, but
not the point,
Even though the time is
out of joint,
Nor is guilt or
self-regard the thing,
Though motivation’s never
one, but many.
Yet for her, the love of
life is plenty:
The love of people,
animals, the Earth,
Human rights, freedom,
justice, beauty,
Reveling in struggle, in
doing right,
Embracing the quixotic
gift of duty,
Engaged ever in the
painful bliss of birth.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Audio and Video Music: Kiss
the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
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