it takes a village in Seattle

imagine how it feels to be a child in Seattle,
seeing your teachers stand up for you,
making the unequivocal statement that they define you
as part of "US",
one of those un-hyphenated someones
the institutions in our (continually misfiring)
Democracy are designed for;
one of those someones the media
automatically assumes its talking to
when it casts aspersions on "them";
someone whose life matters so much
that these intelligent adults,
who recognise you as a member of the village
they're trying to raise,
would put their lives on the line to protect you;
in short, an actual HUMAN BEING,
carrying OUR DREAMS into OUR FUTURE.