from “MAGA Hat in the Chemo Room”

by Andrea Gibson

My politics aren't my politics.
My politics are my soul
and I'm not going anywhere
without my soul.
And that guy's politics aren't his soul.
I don't think souls have
machine gun collections.

It’s not surprise that Andrea Gibson is one of my favorite poets. While I had already used one of their poems for this list, I couldn’t ignore this one. You can listen to the poem in full here.