The Great Dimming
earthshine
the reflection of earth’s light
onto the dark side of the moon
is dimming
it remained constant
until the last several years
when the brightness took a dive
lots of theories
so here’s mine
a certain clown former president
and his circus entourage
have taken bright
to a new level of low
this disturbing dim
doesn’t reflect well
onto the moon
or other countries on earth
and most importantly
on our own intelligence
and it’s a yuge problem
they call themselves
best and brightest
but the reality is
they’re a bunch of short circuits
dimming the shine
which is great for star gazing
not so great for democracy
and an unfortunate reflection
on us all
time to change out
the dim and flickering bulbs
take the shades off our windows
the blinders off our apathy
and resurrect the light
of who we really are
before the dimness
being normalized
gets lost in the dark side of the moon
and we have no reflection at all
—C Driver
