Stop Pretending

Stop pretending
your racism is patriotism

Stop pretending
your sexism is natural

Stop pretending
your homophobia 
is healthy heterosexuality

Stop pretending
your evangelical orthodoxy
isn't xenophobia

Stop pretending
your traumatic patriarchalism
doesn't justify
and sanctify
therapeutic womanism

Stop pretending
your monotheism
isn't,
once the veil of dualism is lifted,
predative anthro-supremacism.

Try remembering
that silent gifts,
like grace,
and redemption from hypocrisy,
are a lifetime healthcare process,
co-redemptive journey,
dance into integrity
compassion
pleasure
curiosity.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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