a poet’s notebook

Purple America

A reminder to those on both "sides" — when we cast insults at the opponent, we are not insulting someone who lives across the country; we are insulting our neighbors:

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And they are the same neighbors we had four years ago:

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Maps from Robert Vanderbei, via Pen-Elayne. Click on the maps for further information.

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