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Coleman Hughes: The End of DEI - by Coleman Hughes

 

𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

 

Standing next to my old friend I sense that his soldiers have retreated.

And mine? They're resting their guns on their shoulders

talking quietly. I'm hungry, one says.

Cheeseburger, says another,

and they all decide to go and find some dinner.

 

But the next day, negotiating the too-narrow aisles of

The Healthy and Harmony Food Store -- when I say, Excuse me,

to the woman and her cart of organic chicken and green grapes

she pulls the cart not quite far back enough for me to pass,

and a small mob in me begins picking up the fruit to throw.

 

So many kingdoms,

and in each kingdom, so many people: the disinherited son, the corrupt counselor,

the courtesan, the fool.

And so many gods -- arguing among themselves,

over toast, through the lunch salad

and on into the long hours of the spring afternoon -- I'm the god,

No I'm the god. No, I'm the god.

 

I can hardly hear myself over their muttering.

How can I discipline my army? They're exhausted and want more money.

How can I disarm when my enemy seems so intent?

 

- Marie Howe –

 

(The Kingdom of Ordinary Time)