A Convenient Democracy

A Convenient Democracy

Is not a democracy 

It’s an incongruity

Like a faithless marriage

It needs work and nurturing and watching

Otherwise

While one is surfing streaming downloading

Working partying shopping

Living

Pretending all this is not happening

We just might find out

The divorce has already happened

While we were too busy to notice..

Jean Brinich is a retired family nurse practitioner who returned to Lakewood in 2015 after a 46 year absence.