Lake Ontario

Forgive me if I think we have bigger things to worry about than renaming bodies of water.

That is not to say that I agree with the changes, but to say they shouldn't be happening in the first place.

People are dying;

dying of preventable diseases, parasites, symptoms of deregulation our ancestors learned we required decades ago,

but Grandma Debra grew up afraid of the cities because that's where the black and brown people live,

so she can't remember the smog and pollution,

and little Johnny didn't pay attention in history class, so he falls victim to right-wing propaganda,

and here we are learning that lesson again.

I didn't sign up to find out what happens when we undo generations of progress.

I didn't need to learn the miseries of our history firsthand;

unlike the magats living their nationalist dreams, cheering on each step toward society's demise,

I can read.