just like when Obi-Wan, struck by Darth Vader’s lightsword, became One with The Force

Brian Zick

or maybe it's like Christ being crucified on the cross; he suffered for you, or maybe like Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn, all by himself saving America's Freedom from the invading Soviet hordes, or gosh, perhaps like, well, all of the above rolled into one giant martyr complex… Ben Domenech writes a farewell: "… To my enemies: I take enormous solace in the fact that you spent this week bashing me, instead of America."

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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