Hopeful, clear,
this New Year’s Day
Val Demings ties Marco Rubio
in the crazy state of Florida
Val Demings youngest of 7 children
house cleaner mother
janitor father
became a social worker
then first female chief of police
from Orlando, Val Demings
strong and clear
as Stacey Abrams,
today when hope
is what New Year means,
and forgiveness, and today
we all have a chance,
a real chance, to make
this world better.