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Hi. Hello.
We’re Proud Americans
We don’t stare at each other
Because we’re not
Creeps, Losers or Cowards,
Perverts or Pedophiles
Writers are the only ones
Who have license
To stare
Because staring
Is weird to begin with
The reason why writers
May stare is because
We’re taught how to
And when to stare
Rather than to stare
Out of sheer
Perversion
Or for sport
Or some sort
Of morbid competition
Or for sexual desire
Writers hold
Creative License
For which
Allows the writer
To see deeper
Than just a pretty face,
Or an
Over sexualized look
Or sex
Writers don’t look
Or stare
To get
Sexually noticed
Writers notice
The beauty and the injustice
In others
And make it right
Beauty is deeper than skin
Beauty is about
The human soul
Writers aren’t starved
For attention
Or require to
Have our
Back ends kissed
Writers aren’t insecure
People who wonder
Who wants sex
Because we have a cause
And a purpose
Much larger than sex
Writers don’t objectify humans
Writers don’t dehumanize others
Writers don’t take advantage of others
Writers know what we’re talking about
Writers don’t look
For preferential treatment
As an Indigenous Maya
Public Writer
I’m always told by
White Privilege Abuse
The only role
For me is to play
Maid to white privilege people
As a public writer
I’m told I have to stand
Behind white privilege people
Walk behind white privilege people
And be lesser than
White privilege People
White people always
Want me to feel
Or act lesser
Than white privilege
For some reason
Every woman who
Sees me with my
White husband
Seem to think
I’m last or less
Than their white beauty
Therefore such women
Seem to think it’s easy
To de-thrown me as a wife
Because I’m Maya
It’s so easy to see the
Disrespect in
White Privilege Abuse
For some reason
White women
Seem to think
Life is a competition
So hypothetically
It’s easy to
Take my spot
Because I’m not
Their equal
Because I’m not white
No matter how much
Or how hard I work
White Privilege Abuse
Is always telling me
I’m not an equal woman
To other women
Because I’m not white
Why does White Privilege Abuse
Doesn’t think I hold the same
Rights and privileges as
White Privilege when all
I do is work to make
White Privilege rich
No one could do my job
As well as I do
Because if others
Were in my position
Then one has to go
Without shoes, clothes or
Proper winter gear
Unless I buy it
Otherwise White Privilege
Doesn’t support my endeavors,
Needs or wants
So I forge forth
And work, work, work,
Clean and work some more
For very little or
Nothing in return
There’s nothing to be
Gained by working for
White Privilege
The only hope
Is White Privilege
Notices how badly
They treat or allow
Others to treat
One’s own
Indigenous Wife
White privilege loves
To have one’s wife
Treated badly
Because the abuse
Makes White Privilege
Feel esteemed
So, why am I here?
I fell in love with
White Privilege Abuse
Therefore I contribute
And give of myself
When respect is very difficult
To come by
The wife of White Privilege
Ought to be treated well
With high regard
Whether Indigenous or not
Instead I have to sit on the floor
And shine my husband’s shoes
Because not even my
White Privilege husband
Looks out for me
Because White Privilege
Always wants to be admired
And be given preferential treatment
So long as I clean
And don’t complain about
Always being left out
Or having to carry the load
Or having to put up with
White Privilege hatred
Yes, I deserve a medal
For just being here
And constantly
Discarded, hated and used
White privilege doesn’t
Like to be told
“No, you’re wrong.”
White privilege wants
To be admired
So long as the
Indigenous go without
Much of any resources
White Privilege Abuse
Loves to exclude
The Indigenous
While we clean, work and work
Without much compensation,
Reward or pay
Americans are Inclusive
By Nature
As a Country
Full of Immigrants,
Refugees and Adoptees
We’re a country
For which doesn’t
Exclude
Our Adoptees,
Immigrants
Or Refugees
Or Non-vaxxers
Americans Are Fierce
We’re not
A Nation/State
Of perverts or pedophiles
Yes, I respect
Each and every
Individual
No, I don’t call out people
Unless they are
Nearly on top of me
Then I go New York, New York
And
Let out
A verbal diatribe
Usually, I freeze,
Each and every time
Anyone is a pervert with me
Then I
Properly react
With Verbal Strength
It takes me a moment
To react
Or to get reactionary
This past September 2021
While entering one
Of the light rail cars
I was yanked backwards
By a black man
On a bicycle
Grabbed my backpack,
I got loose
Unto the subway car
And got away
Whew!
This October 2021
I was held at gun point
Three weeks later,
The gun man
Apologized to me
And now we’re friends.
Yep.
The gun man
Promises there will be
No more violent outbursts
From him
Because I gave him
The Lecture of a Lifetime
About how Americans
Aren’t stupid and violence
Simply because someone holds
A Difference in Matter of Opinion
The gun man
And I will not ever again
Have problems
Between us
On The West Bank,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only real thing
In the world is
Respectful Communications
However, if you’re
An abuser and believe
You deserve to be violent
Then others
Will put you in your place
No, I have not ever been
A Prostitute,
No, I haven’t ever been
A Drug dealer
No, I haven’t ever been
A Stripper
No matter how much
My abusers call me
A “prostitute”
I haven’t ever had that
Type of money
Nope
No, I haven’t ever
Committed a Crime
I haven’t.
No, I don’t know how to
Committee a crime
Yes, I follow the law.
No, I don’t break the law.
No, I don’t even J-Walk.
No, I haven’t ever
Been institutionalized
For any reason
Because I am
A logic and reason
And
A Public Writer
Who makes
Sense out of the world
It’s my job to
Find metaphors, parodies,
Far-fetched imaginary examples
And analogies
In the endeavor of Life
As a public writer
My job is to always
Tell the truth.
No, I’m not a “pubic” writer
As White Privilege tells me
Yes, I’m a Public Writer.
No, I don’t ever thief,
Lie or do anything
Out of misconduct
Because
I am
A Public Writer
Yes, I’m under oath
To tell events,
Happenings and words
Exactly as they occur
Yes, I can quote anyone
Yes, I’m smart, kind and intelligent
Even if White Privilege Abuse
Says otherwise
The woman comes first
.
The woman is more important
Than the man
Because men take advantage
No man ever allows for his
Wife to have to sit on the floor
Or to have to go without resources
Because the man wants
To be noticed more than the Wife
While the Wife has to always
Be in a supporting role
I haven’t been supported in so long
I miss feeling like a human
Who is loved, respected and cared for
I miss being treated like a whole human
The injustice is to always have
White Privilege Abuse think
White privilege is better
Than the Indigenous
Truly Yours;
Gabriela Holm Normandin
“Pura Vida” Costa Rican for “To The Good Life”
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