{"id":1723,"date":"2019-10-27T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2019-12-22T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T20:01:07","slug":"dont-forget-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2019\/10\/27\/dont-forget-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Forget to Vote | Elections Correspondent"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Andrew Manzoni<\/a>, Elections Correspondent<\/em><\/h4>

The ballot came in the mail, last week.<\/span>
Election Day, it is on the way.<\/span>
What did you say?<\/em><\/span>
We\u2019ve got to vote.<\/span>
We\u2019ve got to vote.<\/span>
Don\u2019t forget to vote.<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Wrapped up, are we, in vacuous reality T.V.<\/span>
We\u2019re awash in celebrities hawking cheap makeup on Instagram.<\/span>
More rap videos. HERE IT GOES.<\/span>
Watch them twerking on [rented] Lambos\u2014<\/span>
shake-shake-shaking what their mothers gave them<\/span>
(or their cut-rate plastic surgeons<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>

Video woes. Lose track of time. Lose track of the vote.<\/span>
ALL NEW. WATCH THIS: confused adolescent backyard wrestles by himself\u2014<\/span>
flying<\/em>\u00a0elbow drop off the top rope<\/em>.<\/span>
he\u00a0leaps\u00a0<\/em>onto a table covered in broken glass & thumb tacks.<\/span>
One\u2019s attention can lapse\u00a0REAL FAST<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>

Watching. Watching.\u00a0Forgetting\u2026<\/em><\/span>
Realizing you didn\u2019t remember what day it was.<\/span>
Leaving the ballot, unopened, amidst the junk mail.<\/span>
Take care to be mindful, decisive.<\/span>
Our future depends on it.<\/span><\/p>

Don\u2019t forget to vote.<\/span>
Don\u2019t forget to vote.<\/span>
Wield your ballot. Fill those empty circles with a fiery fervor.<\/span>
Deliver it to the post office box.<\/span>
And\u00a0don\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0get lost on the way.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n

Alexander Manzoni<\/strong> brings his witful eye and audacious spirit to Headline Poetry.\u00a0 To read more of his work, visit his\u00a0HP’s Elections Column.<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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