January 6, 2021
Breaching the barriers
––their flags and banners
snapping in the cold wind––
sprawling crowd
shouting, chanting.
Nobody stopped them.
A sickening sight unfurls––
the flags and the onslaught.
Crowds climbed up scaffolding,
surged up the steps,
defied orders to disperse,
breached the capitol.
Our naivete was a talisman
against disorder.
The marauders freely roamed,
strolling through the statuaries.
Precious artifacts were paraded
around as props and prizes.
It happened because we refused
to believe it could happen.
A sickening sight unfurls.
Your gas masks are under your chairs.
This souring sentiment
may lead to more violence.
This blindness to cataclysm
snapping in the cold wind.
Writers of The Washington Post: Dan Balz, Rebecca Tan, Peter Jamison, Meagan Flynn, John Woodrow Cox, Marc Fisher, Jessica Contrera, Carol D. Leonnig, Aaron C. Davis, Dan Lamothe, David A. Fahrenthold, Phillip Kennicott, Philip Rucker, Maura Judkis, Ellen McCarthy, Marissa J. Lang
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