Reality Check
By Imam Zaid Shakir · February 2, 2017
One man asked another with a bit of a stutter
Has Trump got you down in the dumps?
The other man said I'm doing just fine and here is the reason why.
The birds yet sing, the sun yet shines and the clouds still float across the sky.
The children still play, the lovers still love and the philosophers are still asking, "why?"
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