Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

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    A poem about the experience of witnessing lies, how we receive them, and how we forget our role in allowing them to stick.

  • We usually believe symbols inject meaning into the conversation. For the white power movement, empty symbols are more powerful. We visited the National Archives when I was a teen. I was almost as nerdy then as I am now, so I was excited to see the Declaration of Independence. But I was easily distracted from…