Final Analysis
After all findings were forwarded
The Non-rhetorical Question:
Do you align as stimulus or response?
…
Castration
in figurative terms
remains preferable to impotence
External force strips agency without consent (clear scapegoat)
versus
sovereignty with no possibility of origin force whatsoever (nil victim status access)
Fruitless
Creative-less
Power. LESSSSS
Uncomfortable states
unwarranted realities
stare a collective unblinking manifestation of our centuries
Stifled songs and words we wouldn’t write
Choices made at every stage
Voices relinquished devoid of rage
Successive moments
however incremental
in retrospect
insidious
as momentum
transformed members of the human-identified
into frigid barren shadows teeming terror
Dregs-and-crumbs-graspers
while willpower and genuine pleasure
solicit dust
in sequestered file cabinets controlled by management
monitored by economic watchdogs
driven toward systematic greed via governance
What a world to be proud of
Shame
deign not even lift heavy head
to glance the likes of us
These things
must
not
be
Unworthiness never our birthright
One earth dismissed
gotta hurt
right
How strong are we to shout
“Enough already”
Take back authority
where we’ve been lazy
Our focus on inconsequentials
a symptom classic deemed muthafuckin’ crazy
No time like the present to assert
We are not outdated
bland or obsolete
Not afraid to test the waters
History won’t call us 'limp’
or ‘dry’
There’s more of us
than there are of them
Our feet
They ass
A clear stimulation high
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Let’s ALL keep our power, reclaim it if diminished/disappeared, and/or assist others by reminding them who they are. Too much went into our individual incarnations for any manmade power to mess with that.
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Comments (7)
You always light a fire with your words 😁
This is fierce and thought-provoking.
Loved how you mix raw emotion with social critique. It really hits hard and makes you reflect.
Take back authority where we've been lazy - YES Love this, Sister <3
I've always said that we are strong, because we are many in number. But yes, no pressure. I love how you started with a question... You already know the answer. A powerful way to reach the mind and change it in a second. I love all the words you used with 'less'. Suggest theres less of what we need. ...Into frigid... Love the beat here. Willpower and genuine pleasure solicits dust. Absolutely loved that line. We've been way too lazy. It makes me mad. Love the motivation and power you're giving us through these lines. 🤗❤️🖤❤️
Whoa, raw and relentless! I love how this hits like a pulse. It reads like both manifesto and fever dream. Your words are doing push-ups on the page. Don’t let them sit idle.💖
"Dregs-and-crumbs-graspers", oooo, that was so brilliant. Your poem was extremely powerful and I loved it!