I’m Proud to be a Californian (Melody: I’m Proud to be an American)
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO
I woke up from my sleep today
To learn Trump had his win.
And I feared for our democracy
And the purges he’ll begin.
I thank my lucky stars
To be living in this state.
Where the voters rejected him.
His divisiveness and hate.
And I’m proud I’m in California,
Where abortion is a right,
Where we respect all genders,
And ease the migrant’s plight.
And I’ll remain here, far from Trump
In the land of Kamala.
If I get labeled
His enemy,
I’ll flee to Canada.
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Laurie Baron is a professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University
Yes, Laurie. Stick around, even in the worst case. The resistance needs a bard…
Very clever … until the last line.
You owe this country, your country, your presence and everything you can do to help protect it from the demagogue moving into the White House and all his sycophants. Leaving achieves nothing.
Well done Laurie! I just received citizenship from the UK, and will use it if Stephen Miller (the visage of Goebbels) and JD Vance (the eyes of Satan) decide I am no longer valuable to this society because I am no longer of child-bearing age.