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The arrival of the Bidens and their dogs Major and Champ at the White House this week marks the return of a longstanding tradition - four-legged furry friends at the 18-acre estate that is home to the US president.
Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Madam VP, Mr. Emhoff, Americans and the world:
When day comes we ask ourselves
Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?
The loss we carry,
We braved the belly of the beast;
We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace.
And the norms and notions of what just is
Isn’t always justice. And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it.
Somehow we do it;
A nation that isn’t broken but simply unfinished.
We, the successors of a country and a time
Where a skinny black girl descended from slaves