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Thursday, June 25, 2020

HEAD HEART HANDS

by Howie Good




And this is how
democracy dies—

leisurely, with head
and hand making
outward gestures

while the heart
continues frozen inside.


Howie Good is the author of The Death Row Shuffle, a poetry collection forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.