Kamala Harris
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The Political Animal
“I am a political animal,” Neve says to me. They sit cross -legged on the love seat, coffee mug in hand, a magazine propped up with their knee. Their focus is on whatever article they’re reading. Maybe something political. “What does that mean?” I ask. “You’ll see,” they tell me. “You’ll see.” The Things Continue reading
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Dispatches from Covid-19
It’s as if 2020 needed to get in one last fuck-you before being vanquished by 2021. On Christmas morning, I woke up with a fever of 102.6°F – possibly the highest I’ve had it for a while. (It’s hard to get sick when you don’t leave the house for anything but work and the occasional Continue reading
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“Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead.”
On election day, I promised myself a social media blackout to reset the moment a projected winner was called. It has almost been a week since all major media outlets – this includes Fox News – announced Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the projected winners of the 2020 election; it almost feels like a lifetime Continue reading
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Tweet loudly; throw a temper tantrum for an election lost
I stayed up late, not sure when I finally knocked out. The TV remained on throughout the night, a habit I picked up whenever there’s a major storm – natural or political. The volume remained just above a whisper, allowing me to perk up whenever an important update is made. An anxiety boiled in my Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 