Fighters and Warriors

Fighters, fighters,

Warriors, warriors—

Wrapped in the flesh of magazines.

Many of them are still standing

In a world being knocked to smithereens.

I think of The Nation,

I think of Mother Jones—

Magazines that stand up to tyranny

In the face of those throwing stones.

“Our nation is under attack.

We're fighting back."

The Nation offers that pledge,

And I'm grateful for The Nation's coverage

As our nation goes to the edge.

“American Gulag:

The brutal rollout of Trump's police state”—

Thus proclaims Mother Jones.

And I'm also grateful that that magazine

Is fighting off Trump's skulls and crossbones.