hooooorah for Sharon Olds

the poet was invitd to dine at the White House. she wrote to the First Lady why she was refusing the invitation. her letter ends: So many Americans who had felt pride in our country now feel anguish and shame, for the current regime of blood, wounds and fire. I thought of the clean linens at your table, the shining knives and the flames of the candles, and I could not stomach it.