Status Update

July 11, 2017

Irritated
by childish tweets
courtesy of the commander in chief

Frustrated
by the “news”
When monopoly controls the sources
And what journalists can say

Sick
as women and children
become negligible casualties
of the patriarchy

Tired
as black, brown, red
And lgbtq lives
Still struggle
to prove
they matter

Helpless
as lives become subject
to the terror on target

Suspicious
as IT produces
what anonymous faces
Think we should see

Eager
to spark light
And climb out of the dark
Of this Orwellian American dream

Still

June 30, 2017

Underwater
Cut off
Filter feed
Must
to handle

Everything
In quantities
Not overwhelming
For the worn
To remain
In the game
Must remember
To save
self
first

No bliss
In this ignorance
Just sugar
Water
With the pill

Dilute
To keep
Eyes open
And breathing still