Can it be?

My political cynicism is not absolute; I voted in the recent federal election, after all, something resembling hope (or a want to punish a shark eyed idiot, perhaps) drove me to the polls despite a surface belief nothing would change.

One thing is surely true of me, the me of the last decade or so, and that would be my Political disinterest.

So it was with some surprise that this morning -- having purposefully not followed the results last night -- that my chest tightened, a catch in my throat appeared along with tears this morning when I saw the headlines in the paper boxes during Ruby's walk: A man of colour, an African American was President elect.

Holy fucking hell.

We'll see if change will result -- an America as envisoned by Jefferson come true, again -- or if the System (the ruling class) simply has a darker face. But the result is amazing (even if symbolic) change enough this morning.

A black man in a white house. There is reason for faith after all.