picketers stand along the sidewalk like
\nparishioners outside church
\nchildren in a bank
\nchickens in a barnyard
\nsmokers at smoke-free bingo
\npaparrazzi outside a high-end restaurant
\ndrunks in a tavern
\nstrippers at a groom’s stag<\/p>\n
a grim solemn vigil
\na silly playfulness
\na nonsensically aimless pacing
\na seething frustration
\nan eager cajoling professionalism
\na reckless impetus
\na shameless display of yearning<\/p>\n
it is civilized war
\nwith rules:
\n\u2014 quaint conservatism
\nretained from a previous era<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
picketers stand along the sidewalk like parishioners outside church children in a bank chickens in a barnyard smokers at smoke-free bingo paparrazzi outside a high-end restaurant drunks in a tavern strippers at a groom’s stag a grim solemn vigil a … Continue reading