I got only to read the poem, @quillfire, because I was brought here by another post of yours... I didn't read your explanation, but oh how sorry I am...! How can it be, how can it be!?
(Your mom from California, your dad from Texas, and you from Canada? Wow...)
I see some hope at those last lines... Did they really split up? Did they manage to steer the ship and take it to good-port? I hope so... I cannot believe that Trump would do this to a family! So sad... I was so against him when he first showed up; I didn't like him, I thought he was such an ignorant... But then, when he began being VERY vocal about enemies of freedom that I don't what to mention here, then I began to see potential in him... I started to like him, A LOT!
Nowadays, I don't know, I still like him, and I still believe he will fight for what's right (especially abroad) and make his words come true, but the in-fighting he has caused, wow! That is bad medicine by all accounts...
@dialsamai,
I just came across this comment (many months after-the-fact). No, the poem itself is purely fictional, art created in service of making a point. That said, modern-day politics is dividing families like I've never seen before. As the poem argues, people need to take chill-pill.
Quill
I just came across this poem!
Due to stalking your late response.
Many times my "poetry " has been interpreted as autobiographical... Sometimes it draws on... stuff .
I'm glad you responded. I think it is one of my favourite posts. Fantastic poem and commentary. 😊
Thanks Quill-Man.
I can't resteem of up vote it, but I'll hit some recent comments in its honour.
@girlbeforemirror,
Love ya, darling.
Quill