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"Who will stop the people who want to cheat?"
-- Tabatha Yeatts
I joined Tabatha in writing Election Security poems this week. I managed a nonet, but I have two others still struggling to leave draft form. One features a squirrel burying acorns, and another that will double as a response to Buffy's DMC challenge, if I can just figure out the last stanza!
Your Vote Only Counts If It’s Counted (A Nonet)
Your
ballot:
analog,
not digital,
not ephemeral.
In your hand. Palpable.
A vote that will be counted.
An actual piece of paper
holding officials responsible.
Cheriee has the Poetry Friday roundup this week at Library Matters.
Great stuff!
ReplyDeleteYes, paper ballots is the way to go. Good job with the nonet!
ReplyDelete"An actual piece of paper" - all that's needed. Thanks, Mary Lee, hoping we can all rise to fix it!
ReplyDeleteA perfect form for these words. "not digital, not ephemeral. In your hand." Well done.
ReplyDeleteYay for paper ballots and yay for your nonet, too.
ReplyDeleteYes to paper ballots, let's do it! Love this ending,
ReplyDelete"A vote that will be counted.
An actual piece of paper
holding officials responsible."
Thank you for joining us with a cool nonet, Mary Lee! Good luck with your other two poems.
ReplyDeleteYes! All of your poems have inspired me to write my own. I'll have to send it off to Tabatha.
ReplyDeletePerfect! I love this, Mary Lee. It's brevity gives it power and importance.
ReplyDeleteNicely done! I really like that last line--holding officials accountable.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping, Mary Lee!
ReplyDeleteYes, love the palpability of an actual vote.
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