A Kind of Blue

A wave builds into a tsunami. I went for a run just over two years ago. Then, it was to shake out the results of the 2024 election. A deep disappointment, but also acceptance knowing what this country is capable of. Come Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026. Jen and I are in the living room, watching news come in on YouTube, and we’re both refreshing social media and news sites to glean the latest. We’re alert. We had voted two weeks prior, dropping our ballots off downtown. Ever since becoming a citizen in 2012, I have taken my ability to vote with respect — a responsibility and duty I don’t take for granted. You betcha I voted. As results started coming in, a feeling we hadn’t felt in a long while crept in. Was that...hope? Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, South and North Carolina, and Maine went blue. Indigenous representation happened. Queer and trans representation happened. Young people turned the fuck out — Asians and Latinos too. Black voters always turn up. White men turned up. In two years…

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