Face the shore and step out boldly

[sovay]

It may be a popular index of the low bar of our country that I woke with a jolt at noon and realized no one had called to tell me that anything dreadful had occurred pre-inauguration and then fell back asleep until one o'clock when no one had called to tell me that anything dreadful had occurred post-inauguration either and now I am catching up on all the meaningful real and ritual gestures that I missed while finally in a post-Arisia state of collapse. I know there is a plague still raging, I know white supremacy has not been hurled forever out of time, but I am glad of the safety and the beauty of the ceremony. I am glad of the inaugural poet. I am glad of the diversity of an administration that does not aspire to kill me. selkie sent me "God Bless America" af Yidish courtesy of the Folksbiene. May the day set the tone for the future. I have been having a lot of conversations about tikkun olam.

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[sovay]

I watched the inaugural poem on a news clip on Twitter and really *loved* it.

I watched it on PBS!

I linked the transcription because I had been looking for a text of the poem for some time without success and I thought other people might have been doing the same. If I find a more official publication, I'll swap it in. My God, I can interact with sites ending .gov without feeling my fur stiffen as in the presence of evil. I am sure bureaucracy will still try to kill me, but maybe more normally now?

[asakiyume]

Yeah, I hope she'll release a version of the poem as she conceived it in terms of look on a page, but in the meantime having that transcription is great.

And yeah, maybe a little less intentionality in the threats!

[sovay]

Yeah, I hope she'll release a version of the poem as she conceived it in terms of look on a page, but in the meantime having that transcription is great.

I found and swapped in what looks like a more official version! It has stanzas and line breaks not dictated by breath. What I was hoping for was a link from the poet's own page, but I can keep waiting.

And yeah, maybe a little less intentionality in the threats!

I keep seeing variations across social media on "Hooray! Now I can go back to hating my government a normal amount!"