Tag: Social Justice
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Midway
Alternate Title: Leave Room for Jesus 2005 At the Midway Middle School Spring FormalPre-pubescent girls wear white t-shirtsUnder their sparkly dresses –Their preachers,And their mothers,Afraid that someone might think them immodest. The bus driverPulls over to yell and prayEvery time someone says, “goddamn” –And scolds meFor sitting next to a high school boy. I do […]
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For Ruth
Blessed ancestor,Guardian of dignity,Champion of WeWho would be called “less than,” Rest easy. For the tears will not dryUpon our cheeksBefore we focus our griefOn all the work left to do. May her memory be a revolution.Blessed Be.
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Climate/Change
The day The sky turned orange in California And a six-year-old child Died in the flames, It poured and thundered in Florida, And I quietly decided That I’ll never have another child. My first, Now only, Still recoils At the sound of thunder. I think the kindest thing I could possibly do Is spare another […]
HP Rivers 