Memes of Joy!

 Dear you,

Such a rush, yesterday.  Glorious inauguration, liberation and release.   After four years of Florida Man’s nonsense (do not say his name again), I was almost immobilized by the reality that it happened, democracy won.  All day and into the night, I kept realizing reality in fragmented clumps:

Decent weather in D.C. . . . Obamas arriving . . . burgundy dress stunning him too . . . ah George Bush . . .   masks masks masks . . . I wish I could see total expression on Mike Pence’s face . . .  eyes hard to read . . . Lady Gaga sizzling anthem . . . J-Lo declaration fuego . . . what was Bernie wearing . . . Kamala femme in the executive branch . . . suffragette spirits all around her/us . . . soldiers . . . huge Bible . . . Bill Clinton wobbly Hilary relentless . . . nothing exploding . . . poet clarifies . . . the stuff of memes . . . is that Brett Kavanaugh . . . and what was Bernie wearing?

Bernie wore his Vermont dressed not to impress best; you have seen the photos.  The image is now a meme, digital artists inserting the curmudgeonly-badass-beloved-senator in hilarious contexts.  My favorite so far, Bernie in Sex and the City:

 

Clever memers!  Making memes of joy, opportunities for celebratory humor.  Quite different from memes featuring Florida Man during his reign, created to satirically critique, mock, and provoke (necessarily so).  These are the honeymoon days of a new, “radically normal” administration.  We can lovingly laugh with our political employees once again and at last, at last, at last, dismiss the constant nag of MAGA negative dominance.  We can live with elegance and grace because . . .

We’ve got the culture.

We’ve got the persistence.

We’ve got the science.

We’ve got the memes of joy!

Love,

Joyce