I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

My New Year’s resolutions/Are soon forgotten delusions/About who I could be.

Unlike so many Thanksgivings before, a meal my family won’t share, emotion is felt so much more.

Generations of bigotry / Racist claws ensnarl / Those infectious thoughts / Rooted deeply in the soil

Thousands in the streets
March against injustice without retreat
To change the status quo
Agitate, disrupt and provoke

A side by side stroll is a ghost of the past.