For the last decade, America has been polarized, not according to parties or ideologies or left & right, but into two opposing consciousnesses: those who think Donald Trump’s ascendance is a moral emergency for the country that exceeds other political and social considerations, and those who do not.

I wrote the poem below two and a half years ago, as part of a longer series, which I posted on Substack:

jeffreyquackenbush.substack.com/p/sonata-for...

Zelensky is the political hero of our times.

Something I wrote today, thinking of our national predicament...

Something I wrote today, thinking of our national predicament...