⚓ The Ladies Wore Red / July 2021
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"No tribe nor nation ever slaughtered innocents without Gott's ok ceremonially granted by priests and heralded by the choir." ~ L. A. Norma
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July 2021
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BY Leonard Earl Johnson
© 2021, Leonard Earl Johnson, All Rights Reserved
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The Lady walked out of the Rosa Parks Transportation Centre women's room leading a dozen or so similarly attired women. All in red. From red rubber shoes to red ribboned hat.
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"We were on the train four hours from New Orleans," the red leader said to L. A. Norma as she pulled a red can of Coke from a machine that looked itself like a giant red can of Coke. The giant red Coke promised that smaller red Cokes inside were made from, "Natural Sugar," as though that would be good for your health and wellbeing. We are deep in the heart of Louisiana sugarcane country.
Some ladies carried red, white and blue felt pennants attached to red sticks (made in China). All wore sashes proclaiming:
"💓Love America?
Love The Donald!"
"As if that would be good for your health and well being!"
L. A. Norma said, exhaling Camel Cigarette smoke.
The ladies ~ Red Women Warriors for The Donald ~ were traveling along coastal Louisiana organizing a statewide Zoom-rally on July Fourth from Baton Rouge.
"Because the train rocked we couldn't use the restroom till now," one lady told Norma. Her red, white, and blue pennant read, 'Turn Back Voter Turn Out.'
Norma handed each of them a card for her fictitious July 14, Biden on Bastille Day
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Falsely promised on Lafayette's outdoor International Stage a block from where we stood at the Rosa Parks Transportation Centre's Amtrak stop.
A bronze statue of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus seat ~ today wearing a blue COVID mask ~ watched. The seat by her side was empty. Tourists sometimes sit there and have their picture taken. None of the red ladies did this. Their leader walked among them and gathered Norma's hand out. Two refused to turn over theirs and were asked to remove their sashes and signs reading, 'Committee to Revive the War in Vietnam' and move to the rear of the group.
They departed for a late lunch at Dwyers Café on Jefferson Street.
Norma lit a Camel and we walked to Rêve Coffee Roasters on The Great Artway.
Two days later we returned to the Rosa Parks Centre and watched the Red Ladies board the train for Lake Charles, Louisiana. ~ LEJ.org✍
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| LEJ.org sitting with Rosa Parks / photo credit: Mark Konikoff |
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