Second Coming No. 14 – Feb. 2, 2025

A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current presidential administration

Sarah Sarai
Auguration

History is not a bell curve.
Spirit accumulates.
Even when we are over,
Energy will not die.
Ask Einstein who wears
Hair evasive of eternal
Swords of injustice.
As if preparing for truth.
Which travels with much
Baggage and few handlers.

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Sarah Sarai is the author of the poetry collections Bright-Eyed (Poets Wear Prada, 2024), That Strapless Bra in Heaven (Kelsay Books, 2019), Geographies of Soul and Taffeta (Indolent Books, 2016), Emily Dickinson’s Coconut Face (Dusie Kollektiv, 2013), and The Future Is Happy (BlazeVOX Books, 2009). Her poems have appeared in New Ohio Review, MER, BigCityLit, New York Quarterly, Spinozablue, Sinister Wisdom, and other journals.

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Indolent Books and editor Michael Broder are back with another poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current presidential administration The plan is to continue for all 1460 days of the 47th American presidency.

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