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I Will Remember

            The way I felt the energy build around me hours beforehand 
Our goosebumps a new kind of Braille
A way of seeing and reading
Arms against arms with messages held up to the sky.
Wondering if the clouds will truly see us more than politicians do.
The humans looking out at the crowd from high rises.
The signs that were honest, angry, and sometimes also funny.
(Because humor is one way to deal with great sorrow.)
I recall the way the photographers were 
Climbing on top of train platforms to get a better view.
The little kids carried on their parents' shoulders
Perhaps someday this will all just feel like a bad dream to them.
The same way a third grader in 2022 exclaimed: 
“Remember Donald Trump?!?” 
Then started hysterically laughing.
I treasure the young human in cap and gown 
Holding up a handmade sign 
“I missed my commencement for this!”
How this made me cry amidst all of the others
The older people who still haven't given up
Fighting for civil rights their entire life only to see this happen
The people stuck in traffic watching from their cars and
Holding a power fist out 
Beeping and cheering from their windows.
I call to mind the whole family in Mexican flag face paint 
The pairing of signs held by more privileged people against ICE 
All of the humans who dared to be present 
When they could easily be the targets of nihilists.
Their continued existence a protest.
How strange it seems that the idea that loving one another
Could ever be seen as radical
I memorialize how bodies in anguish can still dance
Tangoing in time with the pulse of the city
The sense of strangers becoming less separated from each other.
I remember feeling the human wavelength 
Thinking redemption was possible after all
 As I heard a nearby protestor shout: 
“There are more neurons in the human brain than stars in the sky!”

***In order to be more careful of the identities of protestors in this age of AI and facial recognition software, I decided not to photograph faces this time around and wrote a poem about the experience instead.  All poems and photos are copyrighted***

   

Taken on: November 9, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS R, f/11.0, 1/60 sec, 100mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS R
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 26.2 (Macintosh)
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