In between the ‘40s and the ’20s

In between the dizzying kaleidoscope –through the 60s looking glass

In between the marches and militancy, the tactizing and legal assaults

In between the dingy, dungeonous court rooms, the lockdowns,

“the fighting people’s attorney”

In between the traditions, the solidarity, the slogans, the posturing and profundity

In between and through again

You live in all of us and all we have created

Woven tight in strands of steel.

January 4, 2023