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Some old words for a hard day.

San Francisco, 1959.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,

Federal marshalls escort Ruby Bridges home from school, New Orleans, 1960.

In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side;

Ohio women vote for the first time, 1920.

Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight,

Vietnam, late 1960s.

Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,

Clark Gable, right, WWII.

And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.

Churchill sits on Hitler’s chair amidst the ruins of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, July 1945.

Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shalt stand,

Preachers, 1930s.

Ere the Doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land?

Carnival barker, Vermont State Fair, 1941.

Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet 'tis Truth alone is strong,

Birmingham, Alabama, police arrest Dr. Martin Luther King and 55 other civil rights leaders during a civil rights protest march for parading without a permit, April 12, 1963.

And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throng

Deep South, 1930s.

Troops of beautiful, tall angels,

Migrant grandma, 1930s.

to enshield her from all wrong.

Ukrainian POW returns home in a prisoner exchange, September 2024.

I’ll see you tomorrow.

— Brenda

An excerpt from James Russell Lowell’s poem, “The Present Crisis,” 1845.