A Day Etched in Infamy

About this poem

On the morning of January 6, 2021, the U. S. Capitol, a symbol and bulwark of freedom and democracy, was violently and forcefully attacked by domestic enemies, among them, the “Proud Boys” and other insurrectionist elements and right-wing groups bearing arms, with the objective of undermining the will of the people, the peaceful transfer of power; and with the attempt to subvert and abort a duly elected presidency and a newly formed government. This threat and danger by domestic mob rule to American democracy and to the legitimate rule of law, still looms large in 2022, and moving forward into the immediate near future, remaining firmly as a clear and present danger to American democracy. America, as a leading nation of the Free World, stands positioned at an important crossroads in history to execute corrective legislative congressional remedies to made maintain public order and to preserve and uphold the will of the people in a democratic society or, failing to do so, to allow lawless activity to fester and grow like a deadly cancer among the ranks of the people of the American Republic. more »