Last night I wrote a Facebook post that was very personal for me. The Mother of two of my students, an alumna of the school I teach at, shared a very simple drawing and I was floored.
The words. There was a rushing feeling, so urgent I could not think. Tap-pity tap tap tap and I posted it. (but I spell checked! I’m quite sloppy!)
But then I cried. And I am still crying.
I have come to the conclusion that the political sphere, at least at the national level, does not require my vociferous opinion. I’ve had many over the last few years. Shamefully, my Facebook wall is littered with passionate posts about dead political matters. Sometimes looking through my Facebook is like looking at a car with faded Kerry/Edwards sticker on the trunk. Who can countenance such failure? They make those things magnetic for a reason.
Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I’ve tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.
Tell me if this sounds familiar.
A movie is coming out next year that really sounds like fun. It’s a Hollywood blockbuster type of production. Maybe it’s some Marvel picture. Maybe it’s the next installment of Star Wars. In any case, the teasers and trailers have primed you for this event.
Then December (or July) rolls around. You see the film and it is BIG. I mean, the soundtrack rattled your fillings. The 3D graphics sent a jet engine splashing into your White Russian. It was everything you hoped for except for one thing…the story sucked. So bad in fact that when you watched it on cable a few months later, you couldn’t even finish. Then you come to find out that it set a record for tickets sold.
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