Must be nice
Must be good
For the world
Not to fall apart
When I feel
Happy
For once

By: Cedric McClester

Perhaps she just got
Too excited
Then said, “Finally
a great wrong got righted.”
Because the news
Made her delighted
Now ever since
She’s been slighted

‘Been talked about
On social media
She’s even cited
On Wikipedia
As often happens
When your mouth
Has defeated ya
And a negative response
Is what has greeted ya

Some think the clapback
Was too hard
For a person with the
Stature of a Phylicia Rashad
Since they’ve pulled
The “Me too” card
It’s as if she were
The Marquisa De Sade

Now she’s backtracked
And opened up her eyes
And to one and all
She’s apologized
Because of how
She’s been criticized
And even by some
She’s now despised

Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2021.  All rights reserved.

poetry was destroyed
when my words were used against me
despite not wanting to believe
they were really true
here’s my clapback
here’s my call
my words are my weapons
and you can’t use them against me any longer
my life isn’t a love story
my poetry isn’t a love song
it’s a life
it’s a reckoning