Yesterday, I cast my early vote at our local library. The candidates and supporters were confined to a yellow tape line on the sidewalk. It was set up to avoid harassment of people coming to vote. You could go to them, but you could also ignore them if you wished. Sometimes we may wonder weather our vote really does make any difference. Politics is sort of like playing the lottery. Most of the time our ticket comes up short of our expectation. Once in a while the person we cast our vote for really does make a positive difference in our world. In spite of that we still line up to cast our ballot.
I Voted… did you?
Democracy’s foundation
Leaves cover tree roots
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Frank Tassone asked us to examine the roots of our democracy and write a Haikia poem using or alluding to democracy.
Join in at: https://frankjtassone.com/2018/11/03/haikai-challenge-59-11-3-18-election-day-democracy-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/
You had people lining up to encourage/harass you as you voted? What is this world coming to? Leave me alone to think and be what I want to be and vote how I want to vote!
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If you call passing out their fliers and asking you to vote their way harassment, then yes it seems so.
Not bad this year. It will be more intense on Tuesday, election day!
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Thanks for voting and I’ll be there on Tuesday
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You are welcome! Great!
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Did I miss something? I thought you were Canadian, lol.
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Ha Ha! No I live in NC! We have Alberta and BC connections with other family members.
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The Thin Yellow Line
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A little ironic to me that they draw the line at the polling station, but let it go wild on the TV!
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The poling station – where stuff gets real.
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The best part of the passing of an election day is the end of the nuisance texts, the horrid advertisements… etc. Now if someone could just find a salve to heal the country.
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You are right! We need “A Balm in Gilead!”
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #5: Dwight Roth’s latest #haibun for my current #haikai challenge!
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I sent my ballot in last week! 🙂
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Too often some believe that the interpretation of our early laws has gotten out of hand.
Like you say sometimes we get lucky and do get a politician who will work for the people.
It is those deep roots we must continue to draw on.
Later this morning to avoid some crowds I will be taking my elder neighbor, as well as attempting to choose and cast our votes for those who we think might help. But as you say often our politics are compared to lottery tickets. May we succeed in getting good people in office.
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Maybe we will win the mega-ticket today!
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