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10.1k · Apr 2014
Intersectionality
James Ryan Apr 2014
the racist lesbian
who once called me
an uppity ******
who forgot where I came from

just had a baby
in West Virginia
who will grow up
without a father

or any mother
to support his escape
from a hick-*** town
if he even wanted

so I can't laugh too hard
and I say God Bless
'cause that's what they say
where I was raised

and if I walk around college
calling that white trash
it would only mean
that she was right
2.7k · Apr 2014
March 27th
James Ryan Apr 2014
Who can mark exactly when
the Malaysian plane
stopped being important
to consumers of news?

And if I disappeared in
the South China Sea,
how long would they care
or televise me?
459 · Apr 2014
Drone
James Ryan Apr 2014
Today, do not laugh at my misery.
I did it for knowledge.
My glaring exhaustion, constancy, college.

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