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By Any Other Name

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By Judey Kalchik Published 2 years ago • 1 min read
By Any Other Name
Photo by Tirza van Dijk on Unsplash

You can ban the word

But a felon

By any other name

Still smells of musk.

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Fact: the rumor of an actual presidential decree that the word ‘felon’ is banned is a LIE.

The ‘proof’ is a spoof from a satire account on TwitterX.

Author screen grab from Snopes

Fact: the realization that very few people questioned if the current president would do it is a sorrowful thing.

I still like my poem.

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About the Creator

Judey Kalchik

It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

You can also find me on Medium

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