Tag: america
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The Pangs of June 2022
I, like many American women, am having some difficulties processing everything spewing from SCOTUS these days….. My ability to focus is not where I would like it to be and my writing has been very short and erratic bursts meant only for journals – not for sharing. So I have been experimenting with haiku. The…
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Life Story: Lies and Truths in America
I’ve been asked if I am Italian.I’ve been asked if I am Mexican.I’ve been asked if I am Spanish,Native American, Greek.I have never been asked if I am AfricanOr part African.And why would I?I don’t look at all African(with the possible exception of Egyptian.And I do have 1% DNA from Mali)And yet this is the…
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Only in America
The richest country in the world where working parents struggle everyday – even before the pandemic – to figure out child care. My child has been going to the same facility since May. Depending on the season, it is either a camp or a remote learning and after school site. Some working parents have jobs…
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The myth, or sacred truth, of AmericaIs that it is the home of the freeAnd the land of the brave.The reality is that it is a capitalist countryAnd $ is king, the monarch, or emperor,Influenced by fear in this land of the brave. We all live lies every dayBecause Capitalism does not sit well with…
