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<\/p>\nBy Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in 1951<\/p>\n
Do not go gentle into that good night<\/p>\n
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;<\/p>\n
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,<\/p>\n
Because their words had forked no lightening, they<\/p>\n
Do not go gentle into that good night.<\/p>\n
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright<\/p>\n
Their frail deed might have danced in a green bay,<\/p>\n
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,<\/p>\n
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,<\/p>\n
Do not go gentle into that good night.<\/p>\n
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight<\/p>\n
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,<\/p>\n
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n
And you, my father, there on the sad height,<\/p>\n
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.<\/p>\n
Do not go gentle into that good night.<\/p>\n
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n
By Tinian Poet Laureate, Joey Connolly, 02\/26\/2024<\/p>\n
Use the booth or write in your vote today<\/p>\n
Do not let the fear of his vitriol bite<\/p>\n
Keep the demagogic candidate at bay<\/p>\n
Pay no heed to all the lies he will say<\/p>\n
Or fears from Republicans on the right<\/p>\n
Use the booth or write in your vote today<\/p>\n
His indictments are a judicial X-ray<\/p>\n
$500 million in fines are now his plight<\/p>\n
Keep the demagogic candidate at bay<\/p>\n
Drive or walk down, don\u2019t get feet of clay<\/p>\n
Keep democracy always in your sight<\/p>\n
Use the booth or write in your vote today<\/p>\n
Stay away from the \u2018fear of voting\u2019 fray<\/p>\n
Know that Power Pac might doesn\u2019t make right<\/p>\n
Keep the demagogic candidate at bay<\/p>\n
So please without any further delay<\/p>\n
Get there before all the polls close tonight<\/p>\n
Use the booth or write in your vote today<\/p>\n
Keep the demagogic candidate at bay.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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