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Chun Yu

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A Drop

This poem is written for the 2020 election of America. It has been published on MiGoZine (1st issue of 2021):

https://migozine.org/2021/01/12/yu/

A Drop
declare(strict_types=1); use Org\Wplake\Advanced_Views\Bridge\Controllers\Layout\Layout_Controller_Base; return new class extends Layout_Controller_Base { /** * @return array */ public function get_variables(): array { return [ // “custom_variable” => get_post_meta($this->get_object_id(), “your_field”, true), // “another_var” => $this->get_custom_arguments()[“another”] ?? “”, ]; } /** * @return array */ public function get_variables_for_validation(): array { // it’s better to return dummy data here [ “custom_variable” => “dummy string”, ] return $this->get_variables(); } /** * @return array */ public function get_ajax_response(): array { // $message = $this->get_container()->get(MyClass::class)->myMethod(); return [ // “message” => $message, ]; } /** * @return array */ public function get_rest_api_response(WP_REST_Request $request): array { // $input = $request->get_json_params(); // $message = $this->get_container()->get(MyClass::class)->myMethod(); return [ // “message” => $message, ]; } };

I drop it
like a drop of water
into the ocean.

Will it be counted
will it count?

This only drop I have
in the year 2020
a year of too many
difficulties to count
is a drop in which
my future lies with
a million uncertainties and
a million fears and hopes
just like every other drop
in the ocean of ballots
dropped by each American
as winter arrives in
a year of too many
heartbreaks to count.

The ocean is splitting
in raging storms
and each side says
our boat will be
crushed and sunk
if the other side wins.

I drop it—
my ballot of 2020
like a drop of water
into the raging ocean
and hope
it will be counted
and it will count
as a drop
which floats the boat
carrying us all.

declare(strict_types=1); use Org\Wplake\Advanced_Views\Bridge\Controllers\Layout\Layout_Controller_Base; return new class extends Layout_Controller_Base { /** * @return array */ public function get_variables(): array { return [ // “custom_variable” => get_post_meta($this->get_object_id(), “your_field”, true), // “another_var” => $this->get_custom_arguments()[“another”] ?? “”, ]; } /** * @return array */ public function get_variables_for_validation(): array { // it’s better to return dummy data here [ “custom_variable” => “dummy string”, ] return $this->get_variables(); } /** * @return array */ public function get_ajax_response(): array { // $message = $this->get_container()->get(MyClass::class)->myMethod(); return [ // “message” => $message, ]; } /** * @return array */ public function get_rest_api_response(WP_REST_Request $request): array { // $input = $request->get_json_params(); // $message = $this->get_container()->get(MyClass::class)->myMethod(); return [ // “message” => $message, ]; } };

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