Standing In Front of the Supreme Court in a Dystopian America

A crisis of the republic turned into tourist photo

Mercedes O'Leary
An Injustice!
Published in
7 min readNov 29, 2022

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Protester standing outside of the Supreme Court with a pro-choice sign.
Photo by my husband, of me in front of the Supreme Court while on vacation

This is my stream of thought when my husband insisted I hold this sign so he could take a picture:

It’s hot. We need to find lunch for the kids. What kind of protest is this? There’s like five people holding signs. Oh, I guess organizers have to work…

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Essays on being human, parenting, grief, and life in Alaska. MFA in poetry.