We see beings / who are young / and restless / with energy / and imagination, / with righteousness / and enlightenment / and joy / and compassion. // And we celebrate / your proclaimed wisdom / and your worth ethic. // We know / no one / is faster / than a speeding bullet / to our shame / every day, / to our shame. // But we can still summon / more power than a locomotive. // And we are able to leap tall buildings at a single bound / if we have the right gizmo. // We can / change the course of mighty rivers / if such a thing / should be done. // And we make machines / that bend steel / as easily as using our bare hands. // And we know that to each other, we often seem / like / strange beings from another planet / in habits and tastes / and languages, / with holidays / and foods we eat, / names of the days of the week / all varying. // We all have special powers and abilities far beyond the reach / of other mortals. // Some of us / can repair / a screen door / with ease. // Some of us can take care / of a five-year-old kid / and a toddler / for 24 hours a day / and never stop loving them. // Some of us / make sense of physics / and economics / and global policy. // Some of us survive somehow / on minimum earnings. // Some of us graduate from college / despite years of lockdowns / and zooms. // Now, these achievements / are all stellar, / even though, / yes, / we are all / but human. // Still, / we’d like to look up in the sky / and see not a bird, / not a plane, / but, / well, / someone who is young / and strong / and super, / who will fight / the never-ending battle / for truth, / for justice, / and for the American way. // Someone who will take on / that work. //