Well, for a woman who's been dead thirty years, she looked very good

[sovay]

We are in the shower. I am very angry. derspatchel thoughtfully passes me the soap.

"I can't believe there are still Jews supporting Trump. Israel is not a sufficient excuse. Do we have any Jewish Republicans in the Massachusetts Senate? There must be a local chapter of AIPAC or something. I should call them up. 'Hello! Did you vote for Trump? If so, congratulations! This trash fire is partly your fault! Are you doing everything in your power to oppose his ban on Muslims and refugees? If you aren't, if you had any relatives who died in the Holocaust, I hope they haunt you. Seriously, Great-Aunt Malke, I hope she sits on the end of your bed every night—'"

"A blessing on your head—mazel tov, mazel tov—"

"Yes! And she looks like some kind of giant white-faced accordion¹ and she keeps singing from Fiddler on the Roof and you're shouting, 'Stop it, fuck off, it's not the same!' and she's just like 'Anatevka, Anatevka'!"

1. I saw a stage production once in San Francisco with really good puppets.

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This is NOT THE SAME, and I do not think it is, but I am currently more than a little tipsy because I woke up remembering that I have to go to work tomorrow and sit between two trump supporters, one of whom is a damn SINGLE MOTHER LATINA WITH FAMILY HERE **DIRECT** from Mexico, and needed booze to get OUT of bed, and so I feel a tiny fraction of this impotent fury. How can people. Just HOW CAN PEOPLE. Ancestors unite.

But this is not at all the same as Jewish support for trump and I just...I support your desire in this. I fully support your desire for this.

[sovay]

I have to go to work tomorrow and sit between two trump supporters, one of whom is a damn SINGLE MOTHER LATINA WITH FAMILY HERE **DIRECT** from Mexico

That degree of cognitive dissonance sounds bewildering to be around. I'm so sorry. Maybe they will reconsider as our timeline slides farther and farther into the surreal.

But this is not at all the same as Jewish support for trump and I just...I support your desire in this. I fully support your desire for this.

Thank you. I know I'm supposed to say that it's just as well that I can't really summon the dead, but honestly, it just feels like a missed opportunity.