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(C)rape Myrtle (opens the original)
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september flurries, petals on the breezelate summer dusting on the lawn.crape myrtle weeping pearly tearsdismembered blooms, exsanguine flowers sink,her nectar siphoned, tapped by insect hordes.she will decay as winter shows himself,erects a gelid earthwork ‘round her coreand chokes her roots with frigid, bitter hands.this final summer breeze may be her last.from ‘neath the earth has sprung her verdant noose—the parasite with whom she shares a bed—Its tendrils claw into her mottled fleshshe cann
As Maryland Redistricting Talks Resume, Voters Express Moral Concerns (opens the original)
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Regarding gerrymandering, the refrain I often hear from organizational colleagues and impassioned voters is, “We must not stoop to their level.” This country has built a political system on cheating, which may frankly be the least egregious thing about the United States. Republicans have long used redistricting to shore-up their elections, which reliably means the disenfranchisement of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and women voters. The straight, white, Christian male voting bloc is their target, an
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