The Re-Con
Drawing out the long rope of history that swings from the black limbs
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“The powers that be are not just…”
The Re-Con
The Coronavirus: fear, faith, and reminders from home
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God helps those who know themselves for what we are
The Re-Con
The Quick and the Dead: before breathing became dangerous
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COVID-19: the new arbiter for life or death
The Re-Con
And It Was So: through history walls rose from distortions of truth and justice
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Stop this one: rise
The Re-Con
Corrections, detention — euphemisms to reassure the un-incarcerated that what the authorities do behind the walls and concertina wire is moral, ethical, humane, and necessary
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Attica massacre of September 1971: 11 employees, 32 inmates
The Re-Con
Accounting for Pagans
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Taking the stairways of words and numbers to find those that count and retain meaning through time
The Re-Con
Ich bin: being German in post-WWII America
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Swastikas that Jimmy Clarken and other kids drew on their notebook covers no longer seemed like innocent doodles or attempts at teenage rebellion
The Re-Con
The Water Way: out of its banks in summer, the Susquehanna rises
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In winter, ice floes and the clear sense I’ve put myself in the way of the world
The Re-Con
What Would It Take?
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“It’s the question I’ve recently asked myself, one that most of us ignore because we can’t imagine that it actually concerns us.”