Today, for the first time, I marched in a parade. It was important that I was there. The incumbent republican senator imported people, by bus, to march on her behalf - faces we did not recognize in a town that was not their own. This is my town. It was my parade. I chose to stand up for my candidates, with others who call this place their home. We didn't have helium-filled balloons or monogrammed T-shirts. We did have a reason to be there, a passion for a different way to govern. We said it all with our chant, "Change can't wait."
The parade had all the necessary elements.
An old-fashioned truck ~
and a milk wagon from days gone by ~
Every parade needs clowns and a flatbed filled with children ~
and bagpipers to play familiar tunes ~
Our rag-tag group more than made up for the lack of costumes with comradery and enthusiasm ~
and the ability to transform everyday motor vehicles into chariots for change ~
for the parade through the streets of our town ~
and a milk wagon from days gone by ~
Every parade needs clowns and a flatbed filled with children ~
and bagpipers to play familiar tunes ~
Our rag-tag group more than made up for the lack of costumes with comradery and enthusiasm ~
and the ability to transform everyday motor vehicles into chariots for change ~
for the parade through the streets of our town ~
2 comments:
I think it's great that you and fellow citizens marched in a "real citizens" parade. Did your alternative parade get any press coverage?
National Women’s Voting Day is scheduled for November 3rd, 2008. 23 states offer early voting. We are looking for organizers to help make a national statement on the power of the women vote. Blue, Red, Green, Purple and all voters in between, let us march together to show the next President that the women vote is strong!
Visit us at http://www.ThisWomanVoter.com to learn more.
To organize: womanvoter@thiswomanvoter.com.
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