Joseph Massey

Rain washes the dust from train windows as we barrel through the poem of America. What you were and will be again, I see you in silos rising like fists from farmland. America, the land itself says, fight. America, you defy the narratives imposed to poison your majesty. There is no other time to watch her rise again.

Rain washes the dust from train windows as we barrel through the poem of America. What you were and will be again, I see you in silos rising like fists from farmland. America, the land itself says, fight. America, you defy the narratives imposed to poison your majesty. There is no other time to watch her rise again.

Rain washes the dust from train windows as we barrel through the poem of America. What you were and will be again, I see you in silos rising like fists from farmland. America, the land itself says, fight. America, you defy the narratives imposed to poison your majesty. There is no other time to watch her rise again.

Well, I'll tell you what inspired me. It was when Trump was, when the assassination attempt occurred in Butler, PA, I started to kind of come around to Trump because that assassination attempt, when he stood up with blood on his face, everything became much more real to me. Trump was no longer like a character. You know, he wasn't some showman or carnival barker like I had

Well, I'll tell you what inspired me. It was when Trump was, when the assassination attempt occurred in Butler, PA, I started to kind of come around to Trump because that assassination attempt, when he stood up with blood on his face, everything became much more real to me. Trump was no longer like a character. You know, he wasn't some showman or carnival barker like I had

Well, I'll tell you what inspired me. It was when Trump was, when the assassination attempt occurred in Butler, PA, I started to kind of come around to Trump because that assassination attempt, when he stood up with blood on his face, everything became much more real to me. Trump was no longer like a character. You know, he wasn't some showman or carnival barker like I had

kind of had in my head about him for a long time. And it became so real, so viscerally real what the stakes were with the election. And so I think the poem started writing itself then. But then after he won, I decided to just go for it and to try to make it happen. But even if I didn't get to read the poem at the inauguration, I wanted to end up with a poem that I was proud of. And that

kind of had in my head about him for a long time. And it became so real, so viscerally real what the stakes were with the election. And so I think the poem started writing itself then. But then after he won, I decided to just go for it and to try to make it happen. But even if I didn't get to read the poem at the inauguration, I wanted to end up with a poem that I was proud of. And that

kind of had in my head about him for a long time. And it became so real, so viscerally real what the stakes were with the election. And so I think the poem started writing itself then. But then after he won, I decided to just go for it and to try to make it happen. But even if I didn't get to read the poem at the inauguration, I wanted to end up with a poem that I was proud of. And that

fellow Americans could be, could be proud of as well.

fellow Americans could be, could be proud of as well.

fellow Americans could be, could be proud of as well.

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That's where you could buy it. And you can get it as a Kindle ebook or as a paperback.

Yeah, well, I wrote an essay for Quillette that goes into great detail about the whole thing. It's my side of the story. Anyone can check that out for all that for all those details.

Yeah, well, I wrote an essay for Quillette that goes into great detail about the whole thing. It's my side of the story. Anyone can check that out for all that for all those details.

Yeah, well, I wrote an essay for Quillette that goes into great detail about the whole thing. It's my side of the story. Anyone can check that out for all that for all those details.

But yeah, I was living a decent, clean life after being kind of a drunk in my 20s and being a bit inappropriate at times, as I admitted in the in the essay and various public declarations that when they didn't go anywhere, it was just throwing chum to sharks. But Yeah, it was brutal. It all started with a fake letter.

But yeah, I was living a decent, clean life after being kind of a drunk in my 20s and being a bit inappropriate at times, as I admitted in the in the essay and various public declarations that when they didn't go anywhere, it was just throwing chum to sharks. But Yeah, it was brutal. It all started with a fake letter.