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  • Political Rant

    My country can no longer be described asA leader, a refuge, an innovator.Our country has become authoritarian.Being led, now, by a dictator. He doesn’t care aboutLaws or our ConstitutionBulldozing through, tossing all that asideLike it’s nothing more than seasonal pollution. Our government seems muzzled.Checks and balances disregarded.While the president pretends,This country is just another business…

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  • Valentine Day Coup

    On this day of hearts and flowerswhen planting seeds of love should only be,Why is it I feel storms all around me? Raging fires, monster winds,and angry, unrelenting rain.Do you also feel the pain? On a mission to destroy.No mercy. Understand?Clear the land! Make way to reseed.Destroy all evidence of old.Tabula rasa. Be bold! Weeds…

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  • Trust Me. I Understand Rage

    I know what it looks like. I know how it feels. Rage was my mother – a church going, rosary-reciting, rule-following, angry woman. She called it “Holy Anger” when she beat me. And she beat me often with anything she could grab: a yardstick, a fly-swatter, her hand. Hitting, slapping, gauging, pulling at my hair,…

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