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Breeze-Mist Sep 2017
We must remember
That the U.S. is essentially
An experiment
Saw this one saved in my drafts from last October.
Breeze-Mist Sep 2017
I'm starting to get
Tired of talking about "me"
In the third person
  Sep 2017 Breeze-Mist
Barker
My gender
My ****** orientation
My disability
My problems
My colour of skin
My size
My voice
My place of origin
My clothes
My religion
My past
My mistakes
My label
Shouldn't be the determination of how you treat me
(c)Ibarker
Breeze-Mist Sep 2017
Tonight I sit lackadaisical
After a week of the last routine
I think back to the start on the mall
The roaring chants of the scene

Has it been a decade
Or only a month
How much longer do we have to go
As shovel by *****
Both millions of times and once
We find the final, finishing blow

Tonight I sit, exhausted
Just thinking about what comes next
Because one senior week, I've lost it
And, politically, I don't have a plan for the rest

Then I think of that day in D.C.
Shouting "This is what democracy looks like!"
Pink ***** hats as far as eyes could see
And millions worldwide trying to get things right

I sit in this booth, so ******* worn out
Just knowing that we've still just begun
I chastise myself for being inactive
It, and sometimes I just want to run

But then I see comics speak on air
And I see some postcards in a store
And I feel like we can really get there
If we keep at it a little more
Breeze-Mist Aug 2017
Set of eclipse glasses: about ten dollars
Tin of coffee: also ten dollars
Watching a receding eclipse in a thundering sunshower with family, friends, and an anxious dog while joking about omens and modern politics: priceless
Breeze-Mist Aug 2017
Nothing says "****** up"
Like only repairing when
Fire comes three times

Except for the fact
That for everyone here, it's
The smallest problem
This happened about a year ago, so the metro is a lot safer now. But with all else in current politics and the culture of "I have to be the best and always on the move or else I've failed", it's been considered a small problem.
Breeze-Mist Aug 2017
It's a good day when
The scent of the Irish sea
Still lingers on you
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