Dust Falls Down Again

Dancer

We haven’t any rights, you know. 
It’s icing, all of it, that the inanimate
behaves itself and that my daughter
makes a life of love and difference
for she was born to be magnificent,
defying entropy, whereas the dust,
not being sentient, does what it
does swept up by wind and with no
reason to do otherwise falls
down again

December 11, 2010—Voters in the Omaha Public School District recently elected my daughter (pictured above) to the school board. If anything was ever deserved, Marian deserved to win this election. She is prepared by education, knowledge, wisdom, experience, compassion, leadership, and a genuine commitment to OPS. She campaigned hard and smart for at least a year. Plus she's funny and nice to look at and I love her a lot.