Candles And Clockwork

Because it fucking matters.

Maybe not tomorrow. Or next week.

But in six months when I get denied health insurance because I have chronic illnesses, it’s gonna matter. When I can no longer get my yearly checkups and birth control at my Planned Parenthood, it’s gonna matter. When my lbgtq friends can no longer marry, it’s gonna matter. When my Muslim and Latinx friends get deported it’s gonna matter. When my black friends get stopped and frisked day in and day out because of their skin, it’s gonna matter. When people lose jobs and can’t get new ones because we plummet into another recession, it’s gonna matter. When big corporations get even deeper tax cuts and the middle class completely disappears, it’s gonna matter. When torture becomes regular practice for our military again, it’s gonna matter. When the chances of a nuclear war go up astronomically because Trump “won’t take nukes off the table” it’s gonna matter.

Let me be as mother fucking clear as crystal: