I live in a house on a block in a town
where your name takes shape on my neighbors’ front lawns
from heat wave to windstorm. They stake Cathy in the grass
until you win, again, the right to represent us.
You are a good example, Cathy.
Reasonable with your opponents.
So firm and respectful, rage-free
and logical as a man,(More …)
Kate Lebo
Kate Lebo is the author of Pie School (Sasquatch Books) and A Commonplace Book of Pie (Chin Music Press). Her essays and poems have appeared in Best American Essays, Best New Poets, New England Review, Willow Springs, and Gastronomica, among other places. In 2017, Sasquatch Books will release Pie & Whiskey, an anthology co-edited with Sam Ligon and based on their popular Pie & Whiskey reading series. She lives in Spokane, Washington, which means she's currently represented in the House by Cathy McMorris Rodgers, often described as the most powerful Republican woman in Congress.
A Prayer to Cathy McMorris Rodgers for More Cake
by Kate Lebo
I admit I am not loyal.
That my womb moves and votes for the other guy.
That is my right, and my womb’s right, as I know
you’ll understand, personal responsibility
being so eminent among your concerns,
so important to us all, how we take care of ourselves
and then others, the burlap of our community
woven of such acts of self-preservation
before generosity. Cathy,(More …)