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Letter from Waldo Johnston

Diddy Trial a Diversion

What happens when we are distracted?

As our country groans under the weight
Of widespread division and hate.
We’ve become almost giddy,
Watching the trial of Sean “Diddy”
While we spin toward an inglorious fate.

Waldo Johnston
Vero Beach, Florida and Cooperstown

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