Not Good Enough, America!!!
Will they carve his effigy on a golden coin
and use it for ill purposes, our country to purloin?
Will they pare back Utopia, and in their selfish carving
leave us all in danger? Leave the masses starving?
When there’s no way left to judge them, when justice has been bought,
will we all reach out too late for what we’ll wish we sought
much earlier, when there was a chance we could impeach
the ones who took Utopia farther from our reach?
The prompt words are danger, effigy, starve and Utopia.
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/11/07/fowc-with-fandango-danger/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/11/07/effigy/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/daily-addictions-2018-week-44/starve
dverse poets: Utopia
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I’m stunned Florida, Texas, and Iowa can’t get their collective s### together. We had a ton of positives though to build on.
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Yes.. At this point we need to emphasize the positives. May be our only power. I thought things had gotten bad enough to swing the tide but evidently not. It’s going to take a tsunami.
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I think nothing but a landslide would have convinced the world that all is well.
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Disappointing night. The Democratic Party missed a golden opportunity last night. Some new behind-the-scenes leadership is in order.
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Why is it that the Democrats can’t come up with a shining star???? Would a black/hispanic female/ under 30/ sexy feminist woman possibly bring out the apathetic left-leaning voters in sufficient numbers to win the next presidential election, or just bring out more far right voters in their complete panic???
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I wish I knew. There just doesn’t seem to be any rallying cry outside of trying to thwart Trump. There’s just no direction, it seems.
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Too many problems to attack and it seems the immigration problem isn’t of concern enough, the environment isn’t of concern enough, cutting social security and medicare isn’t of concern enough. People just want revenge over our having the gall to elect a black president. They weren’t about to let us elect a woman!!! The internet has raised our anger so much that we just want to “stick it to” each other in spite of the huge dangers of losing democracy in the interim. We are all being distracted from the true danger–which is that, while being distracted by the internet and other pleasures, our country has been sold and the money certainly hasn’t gone into our pockets. So long as we are entertained, we are willing to look the other way. I guess it will take going hungry for people to attack the problem.
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Sadly, I think you’re right. I really thought the 18-25 year-old votes would turn the tide. This younger generation needs to start another revolution.
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Great use of the prompts. I know it’s an uphill battle here in WY but I was hoping for a new governor, Mary Throne. I was of course disappointed. I am happy about the House.
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Yes.. there is some hope in that.
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PS I doubt T knows what effigy even means. He’d take it as a compliment🤗
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Spot on!
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Indeed, it seems that every country is intent on destroying itself… but if you can make believe that gilded doors is the way to heaven, then all hope is lost.
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What a great statement, Bjorn.
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I’m just remembering a time when the Democratic Party did not have as many bat krap crazy socialists as they currently have. I’m sick of voting lesser of two evils.
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But.. compared to bat krap crazy financeers who have only the self-interests of their own and of their cronies, I will take those with the interests of the everyday man at heart every time.
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A big reason why there wasn’t a greater difference last night is the extreme gerrymandering Republican governors have done. With more Democrats elected as governors, as happened even if not as many as we wanted, it won’t be as difficult to overcome.
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Fingers crossed that changes can be made before the next election.
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I like to believe that some changes, even if it is the small gains or steps, were made. Hurray for those women and others who have won despite the challenges.
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I agree. Eighteen black female judges in Texas! Hooray.
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I like those first two lines especially.
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Not good enough, but not bad, either. We didn’t build this disaster in one election and we won’t undo it in one election, either.
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