We are in a Cold Civil War

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Late night phone calls

With family elders

A new pandemic way of being

Through margaritas

Morning hangover slowness

Laughter and disagreements

Concern for the palpable and constant

Division

It’s everywhere I turn

The list feels endless

Covid-19

Mask wearing

Quarantine

Travel

Vaccines

Black Lives Matter

All Lives Matter

I can’t breathe

Defund Police

January 6

Election results

California recall

Critical Race Theory

Disagreement and Disdain

Our uncles wisdom

Has rung in my ears

For days now

“We are in a Cold Civil War”

And what do I know

About a Cold War? Or a Civil War?

I faintly remember Reagan and the USSR