So many things are different this plague year, especially the election. And many of the changes are for the better. In Kentucky, for the first time we've been having early voting for weeks, including on weekends and late into the evening, and mail-in ballots for anyone who has reason to avoid going in person. Thankfully, we've been spared the meanness of lawsuits trying to block any forms of alternative voting that have plagued so many other states.
But whether it occurs in a school gymnasium, a church basement, somebody's garage or your own dining room table, it all comes down to the ballot. We Americans have a chance again this week to exercise the ultimate right of citizenship -- no, not the right to bear arms or the right to low taxes or the right to drink maskless in a bar any damn time you want -- the right to vote.
I was looking through some of my files of found poetry and came upon this one made two years ago. I think it's still relevant, maybe more now than ever. If you haven't done so already, vote. The future awaits your choice.
Well said. Thank you.
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