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A Note From Exile I cannot go home. Rather I cannot go where my family lives - that place ceased to be home some time ago. I was a soldier during the Cold War and my neighbors there have become more like East German loyalists than American citizens. They surrender their rights without question They are eager to call out community members on social media for ‘social distancing violations’. They use shame and ridicule to control others They applaud the police for keeping children from playing in gigantic public parks They trust politicians who ignore public defecation and drug use to look out for ’the public good' They allow themselves to be labeled ‘essential’ and ’non-essential’ They carry ’traveling papers’ in the event that they are stopped by the police They propagate the most inflammatory statistics without ever validating their veracity. Because… They heard it on CNN. So I will remain 1098 miles away Zooming Skyping Facetiming Until the contagion subsides And then I’ll return To a completely different world.
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Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020 at 12:21 AM UTC
A Note From Exile
A Note From Exile I cannot go home. Rather I cannot go where my family lives - that place ceased to be home some time ago. I was a soldier during the Cold War and my neighbors there have become more like East German loyalists than American citizens. They surrender their rights without question They are eager to call out community members on social media for ‘social distancing violations’. They use shame and ridicule to control others They applaud the police for keeping children from playing in gigantic public parks They trust politicians who ignore public defecation and drug use to look out for ’the public good' They allow themselves to be labeled ‘essential’ and ’non-essential’ They carry ’traveling papers’ in the event that they are stopped by the police They propagate the most inflammatory statistics without ever validating their veracity. Because… They heard it on CNN. So I will remain 1098 miles away Zooming Skyping Facetiming Until the contagion subsides And then I’ll return To a completely different world.
A contribution that I made to a friend's blog
#covid#coronavirus#isolation#lockdown#exile#quarantine
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Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020 at 12:21 AM UTC
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