Thirty
Heroes
To be
named an American hero
should be
an honor that outlasts time
To be
named an American hero
by the
worst president in history
is
something less than honor
How would
Frederick Douglass feel
knowing
that this president speaks
the
language of the confederacy?
How would
MLK feel knowing
this
president has welcomed
white
supremacy to his fold
and
legitimized the Klan?
There are
no native Americans
on the
president’s list of heroes
There are
no Asians or Chicanos
though
some are “good people”
There are
no scientists on the list
No artists
poets or resistance leaders
To not be
named is a badge of honor
The
mendacity of this man
to think
that he can dictate
American
values and American heroes
is
unbounded in the chronicles of time
We shall
choose our own heroes
and you
shall not be among them
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