the right to distrust
expert advice, the right
to discount the facts,
the right to lie,
the right to ignore
the common good,
the cherished right
to intimidate with guns,
the right to infringe
on women’s rights,
the right to profit
from wrecking the Earth,
the right to insist
you’re better born
than others, the right
to hate whoever
you wrong, the right
to yearn for tyranny
William Aarnes lives in South Carolina.