On Feeling Drawn...

…To Certain Persons In History

I feel so drawn

To the Founding Fathers

Of this nation

That I could easily have been

One of them, so strong

Is the sense

Of affinity.

The one in particular

That I feel the most drawn to

Is Thomas Jefferson

                 especially

When he made such observations as:

“The Constitution, on

This hypothesis”

             (that is, that

The judicial branch

Is somehow superior

To the other two)

“Is a mere thing of wax

In the hands of the judiciary,

Which they may twist,

And shape into

Any form they please.”

(To Spencer Roane, 6/9/1819)

             -

Is it so strange

To be talking about such things

As Past Lives?  But

It’s true, nevertheless:

       We have all

Been here before.

         Here, as in

On Earth; and here

As in this particular

Sort of historical

Situation.

                History

Is cyclical.

            Let’s see

If we can get

Out of it

         this

   Time

     around.

And in the meantime,

              I take

Walks on the beach

   and to the local

               park

   and in the city

   and await

             my

             time

Of destiny

     this Time

     around

   in the ground

   of the Grand

   Awakening.

         —

And in the meantime
         too

Another detail:

To Those Who Would 

    Trash The Flag

There is a video

On YouTube

Of a small contingent

Of Marines

In their smart

Full dress uniforms

     lovingly

     folding

   The Flag

 from the coffin

 of one of their

      fallen

      buried

  in Arlington

And gently giving it to

    the mother

       of her

        child.

It is moving

  beyond words

  and tears.

See it

O you scoffers

Of little understanding

Of such things

And understand

   if even

   just

   a little.