45 and 46

A pedestrian walks past a poster celebrating U.S. president-elect Joe Biden in his ancestral hometown of Ballina in County Mayo in northwest Ireland on November 8, 2020. Photo: PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images

45

is not yet an archive

still politically alive

still trying to contrive

still trying to connive

still trying to thrive

still trying to deprive

America of its rights and values

46

is a mix

of courage and civility

of fragility and virility

of pliability and agility

of ability and stability

of compassion and humility

America’s and the world’s best hope

45 and 46

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