the rix mix

I would have walked downtown today for this circus had I known it was happening on the steps of Elizabeth City Hall, the same location I watched a Democratic mayor endorse Ronald Reagan in 1984. Count the women in the photo.

To say I don't relate to these people is a huge understatement. It is as if they are of some close but entirely separate species of humanoid, one that never developed the brain functions necessary for the creation of lovely things. A sad, barren landscape this is, stunted trees huddling together. Mute Athena. Aphrodite mocks the embrace. Where the courageous liberal spirit flees, bless whatever decent intentions it leaves behind.