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Damian Lillard Is Portland’s Best Homecoming

Our editor was so happy, he wrote an ode to Dame’s return.

July 22, 2025 11:00PM PDT

Oh, somewhere in this wretched land the president’s a boor;

The chatbots are all racists, and tech bros rob the poor,

And somewhere men are weeping for the love that they now lack;

But there is some joy in Portland—Damian Lillard has come back.

With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer

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Aaron Mesh is WW's editor. He’s a Florida man who enjoys waterfalls, Trail Blazers basketball and Brutalist architecture.