#373 Do Something- Kate Walbert
Margaret is tired of the approximations in life, she needs
to do something real. She is overwhelmed by anger, by idleness, by the futility
of fighting against the large problems of the world; war, death, 9/11.
“Now she is blindsided by fury; the tide of her anger rising
at certain unpredictable moments…as if drawn by an internal moon, waxing and
waning, though mostly waning.”
Since the beginning of the war, the government has not
allowed pictures of dead soldiers coming home at Dover Air Force Base. So, she
has been standing outside with her camera, taking her own stand for truth and
justice. Most times she is warned and she goes away, or she accepts a small fine.
However, now at her tipping point she decides to utter the
most empowering phrase in social activism:
“Today…I plan to resist.”
Her family doesn’t support this action, especially at her age; Her
adult daughter raising her own children in particular:
“Not so long ago Caroline would have stood beside her at the
fence, that her daughter would have carried a sign or at least shouted an
obscenity. But this was before Caroline took that job in the Financial
District.”
Powerlessness is a strong emotion.
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