Passed out in their office

should have been

what happened to macho US Congressmen.

Waking up

on a therapist’s couch

would have been the beginning

of ending

male melancholy on steroids

called the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act.

©️ July 4, 2025 Much Love, Deb Poems

This poem was inspired by this article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-17-he-depression17-story.html#:~:text=Yet%2C%20he%20is%20only%20half,symptoms%20don’t%20really%20fit.&text=Some%20depressed%20men%20may%20be,fast%20or%20seek%20out%20confrontation.

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Among many healthy, life-giving and relaxing things Americans have been protectively funding, the National Parks’ budget has been reduced with the passing of the Big Beautiful Bill.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-is-recklessly-axing-funding-and-staff-for-americas-national-parks-forests-and-public-lands/

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/obbb/