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True Believer

by David Jordan  

My wife sneaks out at five a.m.,
swipes the tree-huggers' sign
(Yes on Measure 9)
from a lawn down the block,
shreds it behind our garage.
Like so many of us,
she believes
in free speech,
as long as she agrees
with what's spoken.