Saturday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

The poem of the week is "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath. It comes with this advisory from the poem of the week blogger: "I love this one, but it hurts." It does. A little rough for a beautiful spring Saturday.

If you didn't read Steve Kleinedler's essay, about the death of his husband, Peter Dubuque, you should. It really tells the story of why marriage equality is important -- and also how absolutely ordinary marriage is in Massachusetts. Steve learned that when Peter died. Equality matters.

And, finally, Obama. Here's today's weekly address: