I rambled to the ocean this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waves rolled gray and white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The husky brought me a stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I played before work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s where I am now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my classroom, before the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My job, a high school teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Republican Convention unfolded last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I read the news today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There wasn\u2019t one person in attendance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who cared about the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do I know that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If any delegate cared about the ocean,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
they wouldn\u2019t have been in Tampa,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
frothing in a hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of fears and fantasy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of farmed salmon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
fake empathy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of a God that never created the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPhonies\u201d Holden would have called them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I say let the ocean hold its own political convention,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
undersea,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
at the thermal vents where tube worms writhe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
choose a candidate for President,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a blue whale perhaps, a keyhole limpet, kelp,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
coral\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
no, a manatee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The party of water,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
uniting us all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a platform of salt and gills, walking upright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think of the press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the general election,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
every creature gets the franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plankton too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think of the landslide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we\u2019ll inaugurate the manatee and her vice president the stingray,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and start that new country up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The majorities of the deep in Congress will pass all the laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scaly Supreme Court will uphold them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For once the currency will look cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ll have a humpback whale sing the national anthem,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
floating upside down,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
after he spits out Steve Bannon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We won\u2019t need another election after this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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