My two new lil nieces: Session 1 Lesson 1
“And you very small persons will not have to die
Infant eyes fixed on big colorful pages—
A’s for Anti-Black Arm, crooked, tatted, crushing windpipe
I’s for ICE cold-blooded killers hunting families trapped on borders
P’s for Presto! Planted ‘evidence!’ ’Puttin cases on’ people disappearing ‘up the river’
U’s for Useless in Uvalde—lovely children and their teachers needlessly died…
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