—After Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the unicorn with rainbow
Mane dancing in the street -
Singing “If I Could Turn Back Time” -
Surrounded by ICE heat -
And sweetest is the shy T-Rex -
And sore must be their arms -
To offer flowers to the men
Who seem to mean them harm -
With oversized cartoon aplomb -
Determined to live free -
I join the ranks of this - our own -
Inflatable army.
by Gale Naylor