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Election Day, November 1884

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To all of you progressives of BMG, I wish you an evening of very happy returns that come in early and decisively.

I wish you an evening of excitement and exhilaration.

I wish for the Stewart-Colbert election special to be hilarious.

I wish your excitement and exhilaration to last for days, or even weeks, before disappointment with the more-centrist-than-expected President Elect sets in.

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  1. Old Walt

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    p>Old Walt Whitman
    Went finding and seeking,
    Finding less than he sought
    Seeking more than found,
    Every detail minding
    Of the seeking or the finding.

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    p>Pleasured equally
    In seeking as in finding,
    Each detail minding,
    Old Walt went seeking
    And finding.

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    p>Democracy

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    p>Democracy will not come
    Today, this year
    Nor ever
    Through compromise and fear.

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    p>I have as much right
    As the other fellow has
    To stand
    On my two feet
    And own the land.

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    p>I tire so of hearing people say,
    Let things take their course.
    Tomorrow is another day.
    I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
    I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

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    p>Freedom
    Is a strong seed
    Planted
    In a great need.

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    p>I live here, too.
    I want freedom
    Just as you.

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    p>I, Too

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    p>I, too, sing America.

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    p>I am the darker brother.
    They send me to eat in the kitchen
    When company comes,
    But I laugh,
    And eat well,
    And grow strong.

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    p>Tomorrow,
    I’ll be at the table
    When company comes.
    Nobody’ll dare
    Say to me,
    “Eat in the kitchen,”
    Then.

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    p>Besides,
    They’ll see how beautiful I am
    And be ashamed–

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    p>I, too, am America.

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    p>—————
    Poems by Langston Hughes

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    p>Cheers to CMD. I wish you an enjoyable evening as well. I know CMD echoes the pessimism of a number of people, but there’s no reason that tonight can’t be an enjoyable night for anyone who is not rabidly anti-Obama, even the pessimists.

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    p>(Fingers crossed for Stewart and Colbert greatness.)

    • An addendum to my last comment. For anyone interested, here is Langston Hughes reading “I, Too”.

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