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Poof* Take MY water

https://youtu.be/eg2Kw1jIXOw

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the republicans

believe life begins

at conception

and ends at the moment

an AR-15 is unloaded

into the heads of school children

Tags #roevwade, #scotus, Abortion, civil rights

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Does this look infected?

who knew

the 6th mass extinction

on the planet

would be set into motion

not by a furious comet

instead thrown into chaos

by an insidious cloud

of misinformation

(que piano music)

Tags #pandemic, Art, Belief, civil rights, Corruption, death, depravity, failure, humanity

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ATM

Post author By aayoung
Post date November 22, 2020
2 Comments on ATM

They

will sell you

candy cigarettes,

insulin,

Camel Wides,

chemotherapy,

God,

nicotine patches,

life insurance,

and a bronze casket

all

in one lifetime.

Tags #2020, #pandemic, #protests, #villainny, Appalachia, Art, civil rights, consumerism, Corruption, death, Society

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Maslow’s Fire Sale

don’t you worry, working poor

the richest people

will always have access

food

clothing

shelter

sex

god’s offering plate

drugs to feel good

meaningless trophies

abortions too

so go on fighting

about the right

to wear a gun

but not a face mask

in your red Trump hat

and Walmart shoes

Tags Abraham Maslow, Dictatorships, Divisive Politics, Sheep, Tyranny

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How Isabella Conquers Her World

Post author By aayoung
Post date March 2, 2019
1 Comment on How Isabella Conquers Her World

you have descended

from indigenous medicine women

and girl scout goddesses

you came into this life

with power that takes growing

into

head held high

with strong female role models

confidence you will cultivate

by surviving pain

rising to challenges

you’re finding out

you’re stronger than you know

creating your own peace

owning your joy

making happiness your choice

remembering you have endured

their belittling words

because

they need to feel better than you

because they have nothing to be proud

how sad is that

pity them

waste no time on bitterness

take comfort

people like this are their own reward

you will rise above their words

you will outlive their petty hearts

the world fears all shades of women and girls

who believe in themselves

do not ever give a bad person

the power

to make you feel like

you are less

to make you ashamed of the way you are woven into the fabric of our universe

or that it is anything but

perfectly divine

to be you

Tags advocating, benevolence, choice, civil rights, confidence, flying, forgiveness, growth, happiness, kindness, peace, race, respect, self-love, soaring, strength, voting, wings, Womanhood

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of thee I sing

the true measure

of a civilized society

are the rumors

told by its ghosts

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New from Leaky Boot Press: Fried Chicken, Schmussy, and Other Songs From a Baptist Hymal by Alicia Young

Post author By aayoung
Post date July 3, 2016
No Comments on New from Leaky Boot Press: Fried Chicken, Schmussy, and Other Songs From a Baptist Hymal by Alicia Young

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Tags Alicia Young, Hell on Heels poems by Alicia Young, Kentucky, Leaky Boot Press, Los Angeles, New York City, Oakland, poetry, transgressive art

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rations

Post author By aayoung
Post date July 14, 2015
4 Comments on rations

how fitting

the etymology of the word

rations

the 18th century French

derived from the Latin

ratio

as there has never been enough

of you

or France

to go around

Tags bastille day, etymology, France, love, poetry, rations, War

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