Nasty.
Things have started
to get nasty, people
have stopped pretending
that they are not evil
the fabric of fake nicety
has been scorched down
and we fight in the face of
a wrinkled green gremlin
whose name is many
whose language is disgust
whose heart is sealed shut
whose pride is gleaming ****
Disgusting.
How did we get here? we
huddled, tired, hungry & poor
standing at her pale jade door
being told we’re a liability
pushed out of homes we own
and families we’ve raised
to the streets, making noise
fighting though we’re so tired
It’s how they want us—
tired from years of fighting,
too tired to keep on.
But we’ll never stop.
Though their name is many,
ours is more. The teeming
multitudes arise to take
his place. We protest. We resist.
Nasty.
The gloves are off,
and we persist.
Jan 31, 2017
Jan 31, 2017 at 5:04 PM UTC
Nasty.
Things have started
to get nasty, people
have stopped pretending
that they are not evil
the fabric of fake nicety
has been scorched down
and we fight in the face of
a wrinkled green gremlin
whose name is many
whose language is disgust
whose heart is sealed shut
whose pride is gleaming ****
Disgusting.
How did we get here? we
huddled, tired, hungry & poor
standing at her pale jade door
being told we’re a liability
pushed out of homes we own
and families we’ve raised
to the streets, making noise
fighting though we’re so tired
It’s how they want us—
tired from years of fighting,
too tired to keep on.
But we’ll never stop.
Though their name is many,
ours is more. The teeming
multitudes arise to take
his place. We protest. We resist.
Nasty.
The gloves are off,
and we persist.
