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Make a Difference

By | 2019-06-12T17:06:10-07:00 June 13th, 2019|Categories: Issue 88: 13 June 2019|Tags: , , |

By D.R. James —a villanelle to commencement speakers everywhere   Tonight, fatigue’s grim flower unfurls, but Gandhi, gunned down, had this to say: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Oh? Even when casting before swine my pearls, every action seems absurd, and all the day— and tonight—fatigue’s grim flower unfurls? Even though, [...]