Barbara Hoepp, my friend of many years, wrote this lovely piece to celebrate the recent presidential election. I loved it so much that I'm adding it to my blog.
Sweet History
By Barbara Hoepp
November 2008
As I watched last night,
I pictured a plump, shiny,
bing cherry.
Not the ones that I bought the first week.
Rather, the ones I found the second week.
Bigger, darker and full of promise.
When I bit in, the juice was sweet
and trickled off my lip.
It pleased me.
I wanted to eat every one
right then and there.
I knew that there were more;
I would have my fill!
Congratulations to all of us.
We have taken a chance
to step outside the box,
take this journey together
with a young man who
will make mistakes but
I believe that he will learn,
and we will all be the wiser.
It is time to breathe again.
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