Let’s Cornhusker Better: A Response to Gov. Jim Pillen
Cornhusker Condos
state of the art, affordable and accessible and designed to enrich the community
not one person's pocket.
Condos for families that need a little space and
Condos for vets with internal scars,
Condos for kids aging out of foster care,
condos for neighbors who just love to share,
condos for all the seniors worried, pushed out of homes,
not actually experiencing social security
Cornhusker condos, that’s so Nebraska Nice.
Cornhusker Cafe
It’s short and sweeter than a cafeteria but
It serves nourishment all day.
No one is hungry and food deserts be damned
because the Cornhusker cooler is stocked to the brim with
crisp local leafy greens and real deal dairy straight
from a nice Nebraska cow.
Corhusker Cable Car
or highspeed train
or monorail held up by giant, concrete, corn painted pillars,
delivering us from city to city across the country and the state.
Cornhusker express loading us up for game day fun or
work while we read or rest on the ride;
fast and rapid transit, the Nebraska Way.
Cornhusker Causeway making pathways,
literal and figurative,
that help each of us find a way
no matter how high the rising flood or tide,
no matter the storms.
A pathway no matter where we are going or where we started.
Cornhusker Campus for every kid to be loved at every age,
beautiful and sunny,
filled with love and natural light.
A campus without end,
growing our state with care for every age and every stage,
with courage in the face of challenge,
not a cage of detention but early intervention.
Cornhusker Cubby:
a little safe space
for your heart and your soul and your mind and your being.
Made by conversation and community,
made by access to professional counseling and caring peer groups.
Cornhusker Clinic, it's free and it’s extraordinary.
The best and the brightest researchers celebrated like a superbowl parade and
leaders that work hard inspiring compassionate care that makes us all whole. And medical debt has no place in the Cornhusker State.
Cornhusker Cocoa for cozy winter days
when the snow is flying and
everyone is safe and sound at home taking a breath
or reading a book
or getting ready to go outside and play
in the sparkle that rolls through the ever changing midwest sky.
Cornhusker Carnival
It’s a party
Come fierce and fabulous
Safe and beloved
Just as you are.
Cornhusker Compassion,
Let's sow it rich and thick across every inch of our state
and then, by God, let’s Cornhusker Better.
For the Love All that is Good and Holy
Let’s make life good, really good.
So good we know it.
We feel it.
And we don’t ever need to put it on a sign.