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‘A better SGA each year:’ an interview with SGA President Joseph Gearon

Aaron Martin
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‘A better SGA each year:’ an interview with SGA President Joseph Gearon

Transylvania has a multitude of student organizations ranging in purpose, size, and activity. One of the most prominent organizations on campus is the Student Government Association (SGA). The organization, as stated on its website, “serves as the representative body for the students of Transylvania University.”

Junior Joseph Gearon started his first semester as SGA president this year. Gearon sees his first semester as, overall, a success.

“I thought it was great because I had plenty of great people working with me. The people who want to be senators are always active, always engaged, energetic about the projects and what we’re doing,” said Gearon.

He also pointed out the various accomplishments SGA has reached within just this past semester.

Beginning in the fall semester of 2016, many Transylvania students had concerns on the new dining hours. Particularly in the Rafskeller (Raf), the new hours were causing extremely long lines in a small period of time. After hearing the students’ concerns, SGA worked with university administration to extend dining hours in order to reduce line build-up and waiting time.

This work was not limited to the Raf, however. Another concern of the student body was the lack of a late night dining option on Sunday nights. This was worked on by SGA, and as a result, the Forrer Cafeteria’s late night services are now open on Sundays starting this semester.

As Gearon describes, “that’s just a great example of us listening to people’s complaints and concerns and immediately doing what we can from our capacity to try to help out.”

Other projects of the organization are more long-term, and therefore the benefits are not immediately seen. One long-term project that was finalized last semester was the May Term Savings Plan which will allow students to use their scholarships and financial aid to pay for May Term travel courses.

Although some concerns may not be fixed immediately, that is due to focus on quality.

“I obviously want all of those [projects] to get done, but I don’t have any problem with them taking their time on it and making sure it’s right,” said Gearon.

An example of a project currently in the works is finding a solution to the student-made pathway in front of the Haupt Humanities Building. Administration has tried to sod over it, but students continue to make the path by taking the shortcut across the lawn.

SGA is currently trying to find a solution, but logistically this will take a lot of time and effort.

“That’s stuff we want to fix, we want to get done, but we have to make sure it’s done right,” explained Gearon.

One of the biggest goals of SGA moving forward is to increase student communication.

“What I want to change most is really having a more secure contact with students,” said Gearon. “Because yes people know they can come and talk to us, and yes we reach out to students, but I want more. I want more connection because I think that’s the most important part.”

He admits that communication between SGA and students is currently pretty good but believes that “you can never have too much.”

There are many ways for students to contact SGA and have their concerns heard. SGA meetings are held every Wednesday in Conference Room A at 8pm. Each of these meetings are open meetings, meaning that anyone can sit and listen to the meeting and even voice their own opinions.

However, students do not need to wait for Wednesday nights to talk with SGA members. Gearon stresses that he, and his senators, are always available to talk with students about any idea or concern they have.

“Don’t think that there’s something that we can’t do for you,” said Gearon. “Sure there are limitations, but I think it’s best to have multiple people thinking about whatever you’re thinking about in general. We might just be able to help you out; we might empathize at the very least.”

Moreover, student organizations can not only request funding from SGA, but also partner with them as well. SGA is currently working with the Transylvania Student Art League to find places to hang artwork throughout campus.

“We’re happy to work with any student organization, and we deal mostly with student organizations,” said Gearon. “If anyone wants to partner with SGA, all you have to do is ask; we’ll work something out. We want student organizations to be successful because that directly translates to students being successful.”

Besides getting projects completed and increasing student contact, Gearon also has the goal of “setting out for a better SGA each year.”

Gearon has been on SGA since he was a first-year and has seen it change significantly in that time. SGA and Student Activities Board (SAB) were originally attached but separated after his first year.

After the separation, Gearon thinks SGA has “changed into a more complete being” and “evolved more-so into what a student government is supposed to be like.”

He hopes it continues to change and keep becoming even better in the future.

“I want it to be everything that it can be,” said Gearon.

He first joined SGA in order to make a difference and help incoming students figure out their surroundings. When he began at Transy, he saw how confusing navigating the campus could be to those unfamiliar with it, and his work in SGA has been towards helping fix that.

“I thought that there was a way that I could help break that down. A lot of that is making sure people are aware of the road map,” said Gearon.

Similarly, his choice to run for President was to increase communication across campus and make room for change.

As he explains, “I initially ran in a hope to make communication better, to break down those type of walls and barriers.”

This week in sports: 1/23

Lexi Lucas
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This week in sports: 1/23

This past week, both the Men and Women’s Basketball teams continued their eight and seven game winning streaks, respectively, against Franklin and Manchester. Sophomore point guard Cooper Theobald was named HCAC player of the week after breaking the conference records for single-game free-throw makes and attempts in addition to the NCAA Division III record for free throw attempts. For the women, junior forward Rachel Cox was named HCAC player of the week after stellar performances the week before, scoring 26 points and one assist in addition to a block, eight rebounds, three steals and, in free throws, shooting 10-for-11. She then followed this up by scoring 21 points, two assists, a steal and eight rebounds in their following game.

The Swimming and Diving teams celebrated seniors Morgan Cyrus, Elizabeth Davis, Julia Johnson, Katelyn Meng and Fernando Zarate at the final home meet of the year against Lindsey Wilson on Saturday, placing in various events.

The Men and Women’s Track and Field teams started their season on Saturday against Otterbein, placing in several events. The beginning of the season saw senior Jordin Fender, the current HCAC Indoor and Outdoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Year, being recognized as the HCAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week after placing first in the Women’s 60-meter hurdles and top three in the 200-meter final.

Transylvanians engage for MLK, Jr. Day

Megan Graft
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Transylvanians engage for MLK, Jr. Day

From the staff of the Office of Campus and Community Engagement to the entire TU basketball team, the Transy community turned out largely on Monday morning to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through acts of solidarity and service.

Transy students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to walk in the annual MLK Jr. Commemorative March in downtown Lexington and to decorate collection boxes for basic needs items as part of the OCCE’s “A Month of Love to Drive Out Hate.”

ESL/Multilingual Learning Specialist James Wright and his family spot the camera while marching with the crowd down Deweese Street.

The day began with the freedom march. On an unusually sunny day, hundreds of community members gathered at the Convention Center to march down Main Street in memory and support of King’s legacy.

A number of faculty and staff made appearances in the crowd, as well as students from organizations like Circle K. Additionally, Transylvania’s basketball team, clad in crimson jackets, was easy to spot. The team has participated in the march nearly every year for the last eight or nine years.

Basketball team members, dressed in crimson, march with the Lexington community before their practice later that day. Sophomore William Easley and Director of Community Engagement Hunter Williams walk alongside them.

“We always come down and then go back to campus to practice a little later in the day,” said Coach Brian Lane. “It’s great to see people down here every year. We see a lot of professors, a lot of people in the community, all coming together for the same cause.”

After the march, students came together to inaugurate “A Month of Love to Drive Out Hate” by decorating boxes that will be distributed around campus to collect donations of basic needs items. The OCCE hosted the event and served free Third Street Stuff coffee and North Lime donuts to volunteers.

Junior Laura Daley decorates one of 11 collection boxes that will be used to gather donated basic needs items.

Creative-minded students gravitated toward box decorating. Others packed kits with items already purchased by the OCCE, wrote encouraging messages on note cards to include with the kits, or wrapped the boxes with banner paper.

“A Month of Love…” invites the Transy community to donate these items for community organizations such as The Nest. There will be eleven locations on campus at which to donate. You can find the full list of needed items here.

Sophomore Joe Shermock assists with decorating one of the collection boxes.

The collection drive will end on Valentine’s Day, and the office will hold another event on Thursday, Feb. 16 to pack the kits for donation “to local organizations that have expressed a need for these kinds of kits,” wrote Michelle Thompson in an email to student organization leaders.

“We do something every year, but we wanted it to be a little bit more focused on being at Transy for students and centered around actually helping [with] what the neighborhood needs,” said senior Teddy Salazar, an intern in the office of community engagement.

Junior Erin Alexander and first-year Emily Nance squirt shampoo into smaller bottles for the basic needs kits.

Morlan Gallery hosts ‘Black Bone’ Affrilachian poets exhibit

Emily Dent
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Morlan Gallery hosts ‘Black Bone’ Affrilachian poets exhibit

Until Feb. 14, visitors to the Morlan Gallery can view an exhibition titled “Black Bone,” named after the Affrilachian Poets’ first anthology of poems. On Thursday, Jan. 19, the exhibition held an opening reception at 6 p.m. in Carrick Theater where the Affrilachian Poets read their poetry – shared through Facebook Live on Transy’s Facebook page – followed by a gathering in Morlan from 7:30-9 p.m.

“We’ll have music, we’ll have light hors d’oeuvres, it will be a total celebration, it will be a lot of fun.” said Morlan Gallery Director Andrea Fisher about the reception.

“About 18 months ago, Jeremy Paden, who is also an Affrilachian Poet, made me aware that they were going to be releasing a book titled “Black Bone” in celebration of their 25th annivervsary, their first anthology of poetry and, you know, it was his very good idea to have an exhibition that would revolve around this, you know mainly looking, listening to the voices, the experiences of people of color around the Appalachian Mountain chain,” said Fisher about the idea behind creating this exhibition.

According to Spanish professor and Affrilachian Poet Jeremy Paden, “The term ‘Affrilachia’ was originally coined by Frank X Walker. In reference to the region of Appalachia, a mountain range stretching over thirteen states along the East Coast of the U.S. from Mississippi to New York, Affrilachia is an ever-evolving cultural landscape poised to render the invisible visible.”

Walker wrote the “Unlearn Fear and Hate” poem which inspired Dr. Kremena Todorova and Professor Kurt Gohde’s “Unlearn Fear + Hate” campaign and artwork, and he will be one of the poets taking part in the readings and attending the reception Thursday evening.

Fisher explained that the hopes for this exhibit are that it will change a perception that has been placed on the Appalachian which isn’t entirely true.

“Many people think ‘oh, poor white people’. Well, there is a rich cultural tradition of many people in the Appalachian Mountains and we want those voices heard. There are rich cultural contributions in the arts that are phenomenal—music, crafts, writing—and maybe not all those voices are heard,” said Fisher.

Each of the artists currently being represented in the Gallery were discovered with the help of Marie Cochran, an art scholar who, after meeting Frank X Walker, started working to create a cohesive list of who is considered an Affrilachian artist. When curating the “Black Bone” exhibit, Fisher used this list to invite artists to participate along with looking to the local talents in Lexington. Overall there are artists from Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina and Ohio represented in the exhibition.

“Unlike the Affrilachian Poets, which is a very strictly defined group of poets and writers, the Affrilachian Visual Artists are not necessarily a defined group; it’s not by invitation only or anything like that. This is a group that’s amorphous of people cycling in and cycling out,” said Fisher who credits the creation of the group to Cochran.

Paden explained that “Since 1991, the Affrilachian Poets have been writing together, defying the persistent stereotype of a racially homogenized rural region.”

Fisher hopes that the exhibition will help to change the popularly held ideas surrounding the Appalachian areas and to realize that it is more than how it is usually portrayed.

“I think that the more we expose ourselves to different kinds of people, people who are different from the kinds of folks we grew up with, the more understanding, the more compassionate, the wiser we become and what better way than the arts, right? I think that seeing an exhibition is arguably a way to unlearn fear and hate,” Fisher said.

Fisher encourages those visiting the exhibit to search Affrilachian Poets on YouTube which has videos that can give visitors a better idea about the group and their mission before seeing the exhibit. She also encourages students to use Transy’s Lib Guides which have work from all of the Affrilachian Poets. If any visitor posts about the Gallery on Instagram, Fisher hopes that they will tag @morlangallery.

In addition to the artwork in the exhibit, cartographer Laura Greenfield created an interactive map of the Affrilachian Poets and where they are from in the Appalachian area. The map will be accessible at the exhibit but can also be viewed here.

Editorial: Rambler responds to survey feedback

Transy Rambler
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Editorial: Rambler responds to survey feedback

Last semester, The Rambler’s fantastic business intern Mr. Edward Wang conducted and compiled the results of a campus-wide marketing research survey among readers of our publication. The survey’s goal was “to explore opportunities for more viewers and unique content” in light of reader feedback about our content and platform. We would like to take the opportunity to discuss how we plan to integrate your feedback into our creative and ideological direction for the coming semester.

First of all, we learned that the students of Transylvania are primarily interested in sports content and entertaining content. Most students are reading The Rambler either on social media or the website – a mere 5.35 percent of over 400 student respondents preferred to read the print version. We also learned that student readers would like to see less opinion content and in-depth articles, preferring articles with a greater relevance to campus and community life. Students also reported that they “would improve The Rambler” by including “more photographs and graphics” and “shorter stories.”

In light of this research, our focus will shift from hard news to feature content, particularly on our online platforms. We will do our best to deliver stories about people you know and local places you love, told in visually appealing and vivacious ways. Additionally, since most students reported that they read The Rambler primarily on social media, we will strengthen our efforts to make Facebook and Twitter posts concise, colorful and engaging.

From our faculty readers, polled from diverse academic programs, we learned that politics and opinion are the preferred topics. Additionally, faculty would like to see more campus-related content in The Rambler, with local content coming in a close second. Respondents preferred the website medium or the print medium, as opposed to students, who prefer social media.

In light of this feedback from faculty, we will work to calibrate our opinion and hard news content toward campus and local concerns, setting Transylvania in the context of world affairs. Our print version will be geared toward faculty readers, keeping interests in politics and campus concerns at the forefront of coverage.

Other ideas we gained from your feedback include a consistently updating listing of internship and job opportunities in the Lexington area. Mr. Wang also compiled a list of recommendations including the creation of an app, a deduction in the amount of print copies distributed every other week, and more clearly defined distinctions among our print, website, and social media platforms. Mr. Wang plans to continue his internship work this semester under The Rambler’s adviser, Tom Martin, to conduct additional surveys that will clarify and dig even further into these results. We look forward to those results, and the insight which they will provide us in our continuing effort to improve our relationship with you, our readers.

We would like to send our gratitude to Mr. Wang for his fantastic report, and to the entire campus community for helping us make your student newspaper the best it can be.

We have an obligation to raise the minimum wage. Here’s why.

Michael Maggard
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We have an obligation to raise the minimum wage. Here’s why.

Each day, people around the nation will go to work. They will worry about how to pay their rent, where to find their next meal, how to make their next car payment, how to afford needed medical prescriptions, or how to pay for their child’s daycare. Their small, bi-weekly paycheck will be their sole source of survival; their lives are in jeopardy of one late payday. They will work this job for dozens of hours a week, only to hear from the television news, and from the government itself, that they are lazy, entitled leeches. They could live like this for years, until eventually, they might luckily break out of the system of which they have been a victim for so long. Ranging from all ages, races, and genders, this is the story of millions Americans around the country.

These Americans work for the minimum wage, and this is the truth of their existence. The truth is that the minimum wage is a starving wage. What society must understand is that the majority of these people are not your stereotypical teenage workers working a job on the side – they are single mothers, middle-aged workers, and ordinary people struggling to live day to day. The reality is that we have a responsibility as a society to protect these citizens, and the simplest method is to require a basic standard for their hourly wage.

Many large corporations and companies, such as Wal-Mart, receive millions of dollars in government subsidies each and every year, aside from their massive profits. In addition to that, Wal-Mart and fast food companies notoriously pay their workers brutally meager wages. But it hasn’t always been this way. From the 1950’s until the early 70’s, productivity and wages grew at similar rates: where workers became more efficient, they received higher salaries. But today, workers are becoming increasingly more efficient while experiencing no growth in real income. Thus, many companies are making larger profits and giving less to their workers, leading to the large number of impoverished workers we see today. Is it that much to ask that these enormous companies increase the incomes of their workers?

There are those who argue that minimum wage increases force employers to lay off more workers, but there has been little to no evidence to suggest this. When considering the minimum wage’s effect on unemployment, there are many factors to take into account. John Schmitt, a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, points out that we must account for increases in worker productivity and economic stimulation. Putting more money into the hands of low-income workers is beneficial for the economy, since these consumers will boost economic activity in their local communities. More consumption means more opportunities, allowing for small businesses to grow and expand within their locale. The Economic Policy Institute claims that phasing in a $10.10 minimum wage would lead to a net growth of 85,000 jobs.

Currently, the United States government protects these low-earning citizens by providing entitlement and welfare programs. We use well-known government programs to subsidize these workers in an attempt to defend them from falling into homelessness, malnutrition, and in general, prevent the standard of living from falling too low for too many Americans. The current minimum wage, however, miserably fails to provide for the many workers who receive it, and because of that, these supplemental programs could be the only barrier between having shelter and being on the street. Increasing the minimum wage would allow these workers to live a life of basic dignity, and moreover reduce the strain of government funding needed to support them.

Some argue that increasing the minimum wage will cause inflation in prices, creating a net zero effect in improving the standard of living for minimum wage workers. The University of Washington conducted a study a year after the implementation of the $15 dollar minimum wage in Seattle, and found that there was only a minimal increase in prices. Even despite these slight increases, price increases did not wipe out the gains in real income that the minimum wage conferred, meaning that there is an overall net benefit for these workers. Of course, this can only be taken so far until it is no longer favorable, which is why the minimum must be carefully manipulated to find the maximum benefit.

Increasing the minimum wage by just a few dollars would lift millions of workers above the poverty line, and in doing so, reduce the amount of public funding needed to subsidize these workers. Raising wages for the lowest earners creates a system where they no longer need to rely on government supplemental programs to survive. Of course, the government should always have a place in helping those at the bottom, but we can greatly reduce the strain placed both on the state and the individual. The largest companies in the country have profited off the backs of these incredibly underpaid workers, and asking them to slightly raise their standard is not overbearing in the slightest. The millions of minimum wage (or close to that) workers who have built these companies to what they are today not only deserve a raise, but desperately need it.

What exactly should the minimum wage be? I’m not certain. But the fact of the matter is that the $7.25 federal minimum wage is too low, and we have much room to raise it without crossing the line. The beauty of policy is that it can be reformed and fine-tuned in order to find the most appropriate standard, and we shouldn’t be afraid to incrementally increase it over a period of years.

Finally, when you think about the minimum wage, understand that we are talking about more than numbers or statistics, we are talking about some of the most vulnerable people in the country. The minimum wage is just as much of an ethical issue as it is an economic one, and the wage we set is more than just a number, it will be a lifestyle. It will decide what type of society we want to live in.

Weekly SGA Update: Dec. 7

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Weekly SGA Update: Dec. 7

This week we had a funding request from our Alternative Winter Break organization. They will be traveling to the ninth ward in New Orleans to rebuild houses for victims from Hurricane Katrina. So far they have funraised $2,400 and SGA granted them $724.00

The Student Affairs committee brought up some new ideas to full senate one of those was a suggestion from Dr. Rich, who is part of the sociology department. Dr. Rich asked SGA to think about the possibility of joining universities across the nation to stand with minority students. The American Association of University Professors is requesting that universities’ organizations take a stance on hate crimes directed against African-Americans, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ community, religious minorities, women and people with disabilities. 

The Academic Affairs has made a proposal to CPC requesting that labs be worth a quarter credit. Senators will be looking into the process of interlibrary loans due students voicing a recent difficulty. Senators also have a meeting with CAS committee to get more information about our grading scale.

Next semester we will be losing 4 senators and so we will have three open seats for senate. A new Constitution chair and a new Student Affairs chair will also need to be appointed.

Campus Conversation: Professor Sarah Bray and Senior Biology Student Jaylen Beatty

Transy Rambler
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Campus Conversation: Professor Sarah Bray and Senior Biology Student Jaylen Beatty

Brandon Trapp ’19 interviews biology professor Sarah Bray and senior biology student Jaylen Beatty in a conversation about their research on invasive plant species as well as their views about the value of research on the whole.

To listen, click here.

Porter paints Lexington into digital space

Aaron Martin
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Porter paints Lexington into digital space

From the PRHBTN murals throughout Lexington to the “Unlearn Fear + Hate” art project to individual student work displayed in various buildings, campus life at Transylvania often includes and is surrounded by art. Transy hosts multiple artists of varying mediums with all kinds of talent.

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Porter has had many Snapchat filters approved throughout the city of Lexington, including this one displaying a city skyline.

One particular student artist is sophomore Josh Porter. Porter is a Studio Art Major and a Digital Arts and Media Minor. He delves into various forms of art including graphic design, making Snapchat filters, and photography. However, his focus and goal for the future is with graphic design.

“While I don’t know exactly what I want to do after I graduate, I would love to pursue a master’s degree in Graphic Design and pursue a career in that field,” said Porter. “I would also love to live and work in as many different places as possible.”

Porter is from Grayson, KY where he attended East Carter County High School and actually graduated a year early. He was drawn to Transylvania due to the small campus size mixed in with all the city of Lexington had to offer.

“Transy wasn’t originally where I wanted to go, but after going on a tour and having an overnight visit, I fell in love,” said Porter.

Art has always been an interest for Porter ever since he was little.  He explains that he was always an “artsy child” and he remembers his parents would often buy him art kits for Christmas and would hang all of his work on the walls.

“I am so thankful that my parents supported me in my endeavors as a child and continue to support me as I pursue a career in graphic design,” said Porter.

Porter also credits his friends for not only supporting his art, but allowing him to experiment with his art by being the subjects of his photography.

“A lot of times I’ll just text my friends and say ‘let’s go take some pictures’ and they are always ready for anything,” said Porter. “Taking pictures with my friends has really allowed me to be creative and try new things because I’m not afraid of embarrassing myself in front of them.”

Expanding beyond his friends and family, Porter has also received a lot of support from the campus community in general and remains grateful for that, saying that he is “always surprised at the incredible community that Transy has and the endless love and support that I’m surrounded with.”

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One of Porter’s original designs.

Porter is a member of Delta Sigma Phi and Student Activities Board (SAB). His experience with SAB has allowed him to create more art since Porter made the Snapchat filter for this year’s Crimson Affair. His filter was popular at the event, gaining over 60 uses throughout the night.

His Snapchat filters can also be seen at spots throughout Lexington, including Triangle Park and Rupp Arena. Porter explains that Lexington itself has served as a huge inspiration for him and his art.

“The art scene in Lexington and the focus on creativity throughout the city is incredibly inspiring,” said Porter. “I love that you can’t walk downtown without seeing multiple murals. The focus on local business and local art in Lexington is something I really appreciate.”

Porter’s artwork and designs are actually available to purchase on Redbubble in the form of various items including canvases, stickers, coffee mugs, and posters. For more information on that and his work, contact Porter at jporter19@transy.edu .

 

 

 

 

“Camelot:” a poetic reflection on the political climate

Judy Brumley
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“Camelot:” a poetic reflection on the political climate

“This poem is about the current political climate in our country. While many millennials believe the world to be changing for the better, the overt bigotry and fear which have begun their rampant course have created a very personal sense of betrayal and hopelessness among us. It feels as though the world we knew was merely an illusion, and this poem strives to reflect those emotions.” -Laura Daley, junior

Camelot

By Joey Howard and Laura Daley

We have traveled miles of years to get to this place,

We have stumbled through trenches of tragedy and heartbreak,

Sawed through vines and tripped over stones and traveled.

When we climbed the golden cliffs of speeches from men and women beyond their times

Our time,

Beyond their race, their origin, their creed,

And we thought we had arrived at the peaks, remembering the valleys

Of those dressed in uniforms of hatred strapped across their chest,

We thought we had finally engraved our thoughts in the hearts of youth,

We thought we had finally carved progress into the root of every tree,

In this forest, all we could see was growth, desperate,

grasping for the olive branch we were founded upon

And then we heard it.

The wood-crackle

The ember-pop

We heard it.

The song of bigotry and fear and “nostalgia”

Sung by the “oppressed”

We thought we had planted the seeds of a world made over,

But we had simply painted the picture we had wanted to see

In watercolor,

But now the frame has fallen,

Nails ripped from drywall

Glass shattered on the tiles of floor

Like a fun house mirror,

Distortion as reality

And when we look closely,

you can see they had burned the whole forest down.

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