Happiness Gender Poems

As I walk through the market in the early light
I see the vendors and the buyers in a constant fight
I see the goods and the...

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A dusty, hand written note.
Collecting. Sitting. Waiting.
Sealed closed no longer.
Opened with such care.
Thought.
Freedom?

Shrieks of happiness.
Acceptance at last.
The joy. Jubilation.
Face flooded with fulfillment.
Euphoria.
Relief.

Not the same with...

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The ambulance ride only lasted
For 10 minutes.
Delilah was in Labor now
Experiencing strange labor
Sensations. They were orgasms
Dolly didn't want to admit that.
Most of both families swept...

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My round white anti-depressants
were trying their faithful best
to listen to my ecofeminist 
wise old woman
gardening neighbor,
pulling aggressive weeds

Sharing with me
her morning meditation reflection
immediately after entering...

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Although I am a ***** white Queen
let me reassure you
I can be just as mean
or as green,
Mr. Clean,
as any fascist
conjured in your wildest
wettest dream.

I can...

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Underneath our sins/  they call us sinners
Underneath our pride???underneath our happiness? Buried within society? We heard them shout?
We heard them shout at the top...

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Strong arms, to lift our children.
Strong arms, to hug me tight.
Strong feet, stable mind.
Ginormous patience,
kind words.
Hours late working for us.
How tough must be a father,
brave...

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On Christmas Day the meal sings,
The music lies wide open to call,
Sparks fly out from the fire place,
And Santa is here, present for all.

Too much...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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# FEMICIDE 

This simply refers to the killing of women.
The brutal killing of women with no reason.
It is vicious as it occurs continuously
Hence it introduces...

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I want to rearrange rooms with you,
Sipping steeped teas and coffee beans. 
Pondering an existential anamnesis;
"The aloe should go here."

I want to want little victories,
Shape...

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When I look at you 
do I feel your pain
do I know your fears
do I understand

Can I know of the heartache
you live with each day
or...

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Careless Thoughts

Honest whispers, 
from somewhere unseen. 
Things we should not, 
dwell upon. 
Life's mistakes, 
sometimes, 
without…
“Do Overs”.

Punished in this world, 
saved in the next. 
God...

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Judging Others…
whimsical law?

It is a kangaroo court, 
and the clowns have just arrived. 
Dressed in suits and ties, 
eating pies.

They think they know best, 
they...

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Evicted

Lost our place… again. 
The reason, we could not pay. 
We needed and wanted to stay. 
There was just no way. 

The snow is cold,...

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