Second Coming No. 37 — Feb. 25, 2025

A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House

Ron Kolm
Fight to Defend Democracy

We are on the edge
of a very dangerous precipice
and violent gangs of home-grown Fascists,
aided by a very Un-Supreme Court,
are doing their best to push us off the cliff
and into the dark waters raging below.

When you peer over the edge
you can see the wannabe-dictator
doggy paddling around,
hoping we’ll all fall in
so he can devour us.

We must get together
and build a more beautiful country,
fight global warming
and create life-affirming art.

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Ron Kolm is the author of the poetry collections A Change in the Weather (Sensitive Skin Books, 2017) and Swimming in the Shallow End (Autonomedia, 2020) as well as the novel Neo Phobe, written with Jim Feast (Unbearable Books/Autonomedia, 2006), the memoir The Bookstore Book (Pink Trees Press, 2023), and a number of short story collections. He is also the editor of several anthologies. His work has appeared in journals including And Then, Gathering of the Tribes, Great Weather for Media, and Maintenant, and others, as well as in the Brownstone Poets anthology series.

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Indolent Books and editor Michael Broder are back with another poem-a-day series as a creative response to the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House. The plan is to continue for all 1460 days of the 47th American presidency.

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