AWARD OF DISTINCTION FOR RECOVERY, COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP
By Diane Elayne Dees
August heat melts Chocolate City;
sidewalks buckle, minds on fire.
Mayor on attack, mayor on defense;
at least he's in town. Bright lights shine
on new scandals--media monsters
out to destroy a city on the rebound--
just ask His Honor, but approach him
slowly or he'll coldcock you.
That's a promise. Reporters out
to get him, city council out to get
him, bloggers out to get him.
Nobody can get him to take
responsibility. Denial is a part of grief:
Get him an engraved plaque,
and sing his praises.
Diane Elayne Dees is a Louisiana writer. Her political poetry has appeared in Out of Line, The New Verse News, HazMat Review, Mobius, and the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Syracuse Cultural Workers' Women Artists Datebook. A former political blogger, Diane publishes the women's professional tennis blog, Women Who Serve.
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