Category: War & Politics
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Slaughterhouse
If goats knew why they were raised and could vote would they need to be reclassified essential goats before they could be sacrificed? (A short poem dedicated to those who need a job to feed their families and labor in meat packing plants that the POTUS ordered to stay open) 5-10-20
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The Congress of Birds
(any allusions to Attar’s The Conference of Birds are subconscious and probably intentional) Birds fuss at the sun squirrels, the neighbor’s cat a snake and other birds They call back and forth in bushes and trees from fence and power lines Some may even bully honk get out of my way I’m coming through There…
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for a friend who got furloughed yesterday
For all the unemployed fathers and mothers who have worked hard all their lives who worked two jobs and a side hustle who paid their taxes who send their kids to public schools who use public parks who believed in the American dream For all the children whose parents are putting their lives on the…
My husband's poetry 