Soul Searching America, I worry about you There was a time when your seven letters Could look into a mirror and reflect: Justice Freedom Honesty When you planted trees so we could breathe But your boughs are breaking Your cradles falling Down comes the hammer Smashing mirrors until only two letters are left: M – E If black and white are the extremes Everyone else looks both directions Wonders which will yield the highest return on investment Root money searches the underground for new holy wa...

Deck The Halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la, la la la la Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la. la la la la Don we now our "fine" apparel? In the dictionary, the word "gay" is defined as happy, bright, keenly alive, exuberant Yet, place it in a Christmas carol it invokes fear deep enough that some say enough is enough erasing it as if it never existed as if it's not a word, but an implication I'm standing in the back of a church auditorium listening to second graders croon "Deck Th...