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there is a place in the nation’s

capital on whose steps Martin

gave a speech with every colored

hand joined in a great dream, not

a single difficulty of the day kept

him from the march parading truths

self-evident across the land to equal

human beings. when the lights darkened

on the ceremonious inauguration day of

the wrecking ball president, thousands of

women instead were kept from beginning

their protest march on the same steps. the

political air heavy with the words of the

steward of repugnance dressed in finely woven

cloth for photo shoots with mostly scandal to

report. some say the light withdraws a little more

each day from the first republican president’s place

who died defending a democracy whose values can

be seen in the words of the Gettysburg address and