Teach Me, I Will Execute
Insert some sort of political comment here
about privilege and perspective and 1st wrlds and then
insert an uplifting hope inspo to combat fear
or else you’ll justify all the retiring folks who leer
that these tiring millennials are entitled ignorant young narcissists, so then
insert some sort of political comment here
that shows off all the things you care
about: communism, class, colour, climate, conditioning, but then
insert an uplifting hope inspo to combat fear,
and to validate why this collection deserves a share,
why it is relevant and should matter to humen,
insert some sort of political comment here
about the woes of the world and the villainies we [bare/bear]
and the news of the day, but bait the next click by then
inserting an uplifting hope inspo to combat fear.
You dried up old fruit! You withered old pear!
Complaining that hair doesn’t rhyme with beer! Okay then,
I’m inserting some sort of political comment here
but insert the uplifting hope inspo to combat yr fear yrslf.
©Charlotte Simmonds
Charlotte Simmonds is a Wellington writer, translator and, until the end of this year, also a historian of medicine. Her goals and aspirations are forestalling homelessness and escaping poverty.
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