We Went to the Demo

We went to the demo with our candles and fatigue. People told their desperate stories. Politicians got tongue-tied. A man came across the street to grab the microphone and talk about how we’d all be better off if we just got saved. Then we sang “This Little Light of Mine” which, they said, Fannie Lou Hamer sang in the 60’s. I remember her but never heard her sing. That was tonight.