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The literal worst. Some might say Nixon- the criminal in charge Martin for the tear he let the native’s tread Hoover for the shanty towns that rose Fillmore who let the escaped and finally free be returned to captivity. John Taylor the whig who wasn't a whig but manifested his Ideas in us going west. Warren G Harding and the Affairs James Buchanan who started the war. But the worst were the ones who never got to be. The literal worst because I got to see a world that will remain unknown to me. And they are: Jessie Charlene Victoria and Shirley Belva Elaine Carol ‘n Patsy and Cynthia McKinney And who can forget Joan Jett Blakk the black Drag Queen Because Despite what the winners want you to think WE do not look like James Buchanan! Warren Harding! John Taylor and all the other men who have persisted to reign. And still, we sit here and watch as all other make strides in the field we claim to have created. Brazil Germany India Israel Iceland Ireland Liberia Norway Pakistan The Philippines Sri Lanka South Korea And the UK I hope I live long enough to see America rise to the silent challenge of its peers. To see a woman at the podium To see a woman at the desk. To see The black woman The trans woman The bisexual woman The old woman The unmarried, unmothered woman The minority woman The asexual woman The not so average American woman woman. The bleeding woman.
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Feb 9, 2018
Feb 9, 2018 at 11:32 AM UTC
The Literal Worst
The literal worst. Some might say Nixon- the criminal in charge Martin for the tear he let the native’s tread Hoover for the shanty towns that rose Fillmore who let the escaped and finally free be returned to captivity. John Taylor the whig who wasn't a whig but manifested his Ideas in us going west. Warren G Harding and the Affairs James Buchanan who started the war. But the worst were the ones who never got to be. The literal worst because I got to see a world that will remain unknown to me. And they are: Jessie Charlene Victoria and Shirley Belva Elaine Carol ‘n Patsy and Cynthia McKinney And who can forget Joan Jett Blakk the black Drag Queen Because Despite what the winners want you to think WE do not look like James Buchanan! Warren Harding! John Taylor and all the other men who have persisted to reign. And still, we sit here and watch as all other make strides in the field we claim to have created. Brazil Germany India Israel Iceland Ireland Liberia Norway Pakistan The Philippines Sri Lanka South Korea And the UK I hope I live long enough to see America rise to the silent challenge of its peers. To see a woman at the podium To see a woman at the desk. To see The black woman The trans woman The bisexual woman The old woman The unmarried, unmothered woman The minority woman The asexual woman The not so average American woman woman. The bleeding woman.
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Janna_Anderson
22/Cisgender Female/Chicago
Feb 9, 2018
Feb 9, 2018 at 11:32 AM UTC
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