it's still happening for some of us

so, he won, right?
where is bob edwards
when you need to know for sure

feels like landmines
buried under my shoulderblades
like i'd hunkered down hard
getting ready for a revolution...
which is pretty rich...
all i know about revolution is
you get some tires
and burn them in the street...
i half thought that was what
was going to happen

it's what isn't there that i noticed first:
no neocons laughing up their sleeves
no massive numbers of stolen votes
and most not-there of all:
no banks of broken machines in franklin county

there was a time when we could
take for granted that a vote was a vote
but now we have to watch everything
like we were a 3rd world country
or something

19 days later and i'm still
tender with anxiety
because i had hoped without hope
never once did i think he could pull it off

but it's not like he's a real progressive anyway...
we are shitouttaluck on that...