At 11:03 PM, the phone rang "I am scared". No hello; no how are you? "I am so proud and so scared," the voice repeated. Obama had delivered the most inspirational and compressive, acceptance speech of any nominee in my short history as an American and according to Michael Beschloff, historian and PBS commentator, possibly the best acceptance speech of any nominee including President Kennedy. Standing on the shoulders of Dr. King and countless others, past and present, Obama reached deep into our souls.
I understand her fear. The status quo is a ruthless.
At the conclusion of the call, I reclined with my laptop and as if on cue, iTunes began playing Diana Krall's "Narrow Daylight". Here the words, and my thoughts.
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Narrow daylight entered my room
YES WE CAN, |
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