Supreme Indignation

To live in this country,
‘Twas brought home today,
It helps to be Christian,
Shoot weapons and pray.

On top of all that,
It’s a plus to be male - 
Just knock up a woman
And then you can bail.

If you are a female, 
To show what you’re worth,
No matter who screwed you,
Prepare to give birth.

Despite if it’s not
What you want, you must yield 
But don’t worry - they’ll pray
For you out on the field.

The atheists, Muslims
And, naturally, Jews
Have to hear about Jesus;
You don’t get to choose.

The land of the free 
And the home of the brave
Must have R.B.G. rolling
Around in her grave.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 7/7/2022 11:23:00 PM
So sad "If you are a female, To show what you’re worth, No matter who screwed you, Prepare to give birth." So very sad. Great that it was POTD! I am proud of SOUP!
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Date: 6/30/2022 7:06:00 AM
Belated congratulations Ilene. Greetings from Turkey. Tom
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Date: 6/28/2022 10:27:00 PM
Superb in message and execution. Cheers - Gary
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Date: 6/28/2022 10:26:00 PM
Absolutely well deserved potd ilene, powerful and tragically accurate unfortunately
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Date: 6/28/2022 6:38:00 PM
Congratulations on a well-deserved POTD! I hope it is distributed by the media! Well done! Aloha!
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Date: 6/28/2022 5:01:00 PM
beautifully written and powerfully poignant. Deserving of POTD on the merits of its poetic expertise and its rebel poets heart.
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Date: 6/28/2022 4:29:00 PM
Excellent poem, Ilene, congratulations on POTD!
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Date: 6/28/2022 4:24:00 PM
Very powerful Ilene! Congrats on POTD.
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Date: 6/28/2022 1:32:00 PM
well deserved Ilene xxx
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Date: 6/28/2022 11:26:00 AM
Congrats on potd, Ilene. ~ Gershon
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Date: 6/28/2022 10:08:00 AM
Wow Ilene ! So poignant and powerful. Great words expressed . Congratulations on POTD! Susan :)
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Date: 6/28/2022 10:05:00 AM
Congratulations on POTD Ilene! An awesome write for a ball of confusion world!
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Date: 6/28/2022 9:30:00 AM
congratulations ilene for your potd, well deserved, you are a powerful poetic voice for many ~ john
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Date: 6/28/2022 8:45:00 AM
Congratulations, Ilene, on a deserved and unsurprising POTD. Terry
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:29:00 AM
I appreciate your confidence in me, Terry!
Date: 6/28/2022 8:43:00 AM
Ilene, absolutely brilliant poem and a big congratulations on your deserving POEM OF THE DAY honor, blessings ~Constance
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:17:00 AM
Thank you so much, Constance…
Date: 6/28/2022 8:15:00 AM
It is good to see that I was correct in my initial thoughts on your poem, Ilene. Many congratulations coming your way on a splendid write. Now let me add: CONGRATULATIONS! Well-deserved.
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:06:00 AM
Hey Milton! I appreciate all your support…
Date: 6/28/2022 6:48:00 AM
Congrtulations on your POTD honor, Ilene. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us through your poetry. Bill
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:05:00 AM
Thank you, Bill! Writing is a great means for getting it all out…
Date: 6/28/2022 5:35:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD! :)Paulette
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:04:00 AM
I appreciate it, Paulette
Date: 6/28/2022 4:25:00 AM
A big congratulations on your POTD honors Ilene!!
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:03:00 AM
Thanks so much, Mike!
Date: 6/28/2022 3:40:00 AM
Go, Baby, go! Elizabeth McCann
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 9:02:00 AM
Thank you, Elizabeth! If only words had a bit more power…
Date: 6/28/2022 3:00:00 AM
I see the ovation I first gave you for this write is resounding in others. Congratulations for it being regarded as today's POTD, Ilene.
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Date: 6/28/2022 9:01:00 AM
Thank you, Jenna! You were my first comment and I’m surprised and thrilled to be getting so much support on this one…
Date: 6/28/2022 2:10:00 AM
Congratulations Ilene on POTD, although I bet you wish it was one you never had to write, what a disaster for any woman to lose her right to choose, progress eh, cheers David
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 8:59:00 AM
You are so right, David! It’s unbelievable to me that this is really happening. Thanks for the comment…
Date: 6/28/2022 1:23:00 AM
Such a powerful satire of the times and, perhaps, one of the best ironies. In a very simple-looking (which is not) rhyme, you have said volumes. Congratulations!
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Date: 6/28/2022 8:57:00 AM
Thank you, Christuraj! Much appreciated…
Date: 6/28/2022 1:02:00 AM
Congratulations Ilene on POTD. Debx
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 8:55:00 AM
Thank you, Deb!
Date: 6/27/2022 6:36:00 PM
Fav'd, of course, but I wonder how the news can continually report more than 60% of Americans want choice, gun control, etc., yet the minority rule in a "democracy"? Aloha!
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Ilene Bauer
Date: 6/28/2022 8:54:00 AM
Thanks, Rico! Yes, “ of the people, by the people, for the people” seems to be including fewer and fewer people!
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