From “What Is Good on January 8th, 2026? by Kimiko Hahn

From "What Is Good on  January 8th, 2026?"
by Kimiko Hahn

The president stated that she weaponized her car, but Good
       did no such thing.
Good was a poet. Good can come of poets.

Like many (sane) people in this country, my heart ached when I watched the footage of an ICE agent murdering Renée Nicole Macklin Good. The footage “proving” that Good “weaponized her car” told a different story. Jonathan Ross killed her with malice, muttering, “Fucking bitch,” as he walked away.

Ross, like all ICE agents, showed no remorse of his actions. His puny existence is marred with divorce and other failures in life. Needing some way to fight the inferiority complex that he carries on his shoulders, he joined an organization that would bestow (white) power upon him. He’s the type whose trigger finger is always itching.

Kimiko Hahn’s poem, “What Is Good on January 8th, 2026?” is short yet powerful. You can read it in full on Poets.org.