Inaugural Reflections

I wrote this poem about an hour ago. I hope someone reads it. I also submitted it to a local newspaper in hopes they'll publish it. We'll see.

INAUGURATION DAY
By Kay Frances Scott
(poet and performance artist)

I listened and watched and wept
All morning long,
As our first ever African-American president
Put his hand on the Lincoln bible
And swore to uphold the constitution.

I listened and watched and wept,
And scoured the sink and laughed aloud,
Joyful for my homely tasks and for my America.

I listened and watched and wept,
And put the dishes away,
And got the mail,
And had my ordinary American day,
Amidst a most extraordinary American accomplishment.

I listened and watched and wept and laughed out loud,
And finally put pen to paper
to exercise my ‘writerly sensibility,’
just like President Obama,
The exemplar who guards the American dream.