With the sincerest apologies to Langston Hughes,
Crossing Jordan, 1941


I have pen and paper
I have my computer
I have my phone
I have my feet to take me
and my voice to vocalize
I have my ballot
I have my artwork

Is this what it means to be an American?
complacency
apathy
condoning
whitewashing
laxity
wanton disregard
complicity