I died because I'm poor. (Compassionate mod kicks in a penny for the funeral)

Poet | I.C. Howe

[phoenixrising47]

I died because I'm poor.

I'm floating in the water. My Mom is accross from me. Mosquitos swarm around us. They're our only friends.

I'm in the United States. Of, America. Not Vietnam. I'm not on T.V. It's really me. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

Mama's eyes are fluttering. Like a butterfly. This is real. Please, people. Not a photo op. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

I spit on Mama's lips, to give her moisture. Her face turns cold. I'm crying 'cause I'm poor.

Oh, Mama! Dear sweet Mama. I wail into the sky. Where's that promising Bush? Mama didn't have to die.

Now it's my turn. I hear the helicopter, but have no strenth to go out on the porch. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

I hear the rotors of the blades. I'm hugging Mama. Get her warm. Oh, Mama, it's come to this. We're dying 'cause we're poor.

I reach out to the men. And suddenly it's black. My life's film has broke. It broke 'cause I'm poor.

It broke 'cause I'm poor. It didn't have to be. We did better in the Tsunami. We did better in the war.

We died 'cause we're poor

by I.C. Howe

[after dark]

"They will pray for our deaths.They do not care about you or your children.
Well, DUH! What was your first clue!"

You and I may not trust our politicians ,but plenty of other people do trust them. People who do not identify with those people in NO because they are poor and black need to realize we all look stupid and poor to our politicians.

[Tzimisce]

This poem sucks.

He failed to mention the impact of global warming causing the swell of the body of water he's lying in.

There is also no mention of his deeply held fears of homosexual husband leaving him.

Also note the lack of soul searching about his black skin.

There is no call to vote for Hillary, no underlying messages about the peaceful nature of Islam and no Dixie Chicks music playing in the background.

Yep - this poem truly sucks.

(/sarcasm)

[napscoordinator]

This thread is hilarious.

The thread is funny because of the FREEPERS but not the person who started it. I should have been more clear.

[dfwgator]

"You want some 'poems', I got some f'in 'poems.'"

[VoiceOfBruck]

And check out the keywords while you're at it!

[EnquiringMind]

Roflmao!

[woofie]

Im alive becuse Im rich (and you're not ha ha)

[TC Rider]

IBTZ

[ladyjane]

LOL

[starbase]

I died because I'm poor. The rich people up on the hill, however, have been alive for the last 900 years.

[RayStacy]

Dice is the greatest. Who remembers Clay as "Max Goldman" in "Crime Story", circa 1986-1990? He was GREAT in that role, too.

[stbdside]

I.C. Howe, are you acquainted with Heywood Jablome?

[moehoward]

"My Mom is accross from me." "I.C. Howe"

[dfwgator]

Maybe he knows former Nebraska running back I.M. Hipp.

[gogeo]

Huh?

[auto power]

I.C. H.......get a job.

[Heavyrunner]

I died because I ignored the hurricane warning.

Now I'm floating downstream, pissed off and looking for somebody to blame...

Anybody, but me. I was a part of the system, you see...A vicious cycle where I would choose not to get a job and pursue education, but why bother when that free money from the gubmint come every week.

It's the United States...But it doesn't feel like it anymore. Nobody will expect me to have any personal accountability, and will blame my death not on my own ignorance where it belongs, but on that promising Bush.

Oh mama, dear sweet mama, thank you for raising me to be a democrat, so I no longer have to bear the burden of thinking for myself. It gave me the the basis in fantasy to believe my situation is everyone's fault but my own.

I hear the rotor blades, every minute they beat the air they cost the gubmint $280.00...But that's my entitlement, because I refused to leave my house when the hurricane come.

I try to go out on the porch to check the mailbox for another welfare check, but it's underwater I'm poor because I'm dumb.

We died because we're poor and dumb.

U. C. Howe Nowe

[sionnsar]

I died because I'm poor.
... I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

Just a little inconsistency, zotbait...

[Lazamataz]

I bitch because I'm rich.

I'm don't have enough stuff. My car isn't showy enough. Sometimes the women ignore me. Luckily I'm getting a new one soon.

I'm in the United States. I have this really cool 80" highdef plasma TV. I leave in on all night, just cuz I can. I'm bitch because I'm rich.

Mama's in a nursing home. It's kinda expensive, but they treat her so nice. She goes on cultural trips at least once a week. I bitch becase I'm rich.

Sometimes, when I look at my portfolio of assets, I get upset because I could have made a lot more money by making better decisions. I'm crying 'cause I'm not richer.

Oh, damn! I wish I had a bigger house! It's nice, but it's not enough! I didn't have to live like this! That darned Bush!

I'm gloating at everyone. I have so much, and they are so poor. Get a job, you lazy slugs!

Now it's my turn. I want to take a trip to China in a week. I'd like to stay for six months, but I can only afford two. I bitch because I'm rich.

I wish other people would do what I want. I like to control their tiny little lives by buying them. I just feel I don't control enough.

I bitch because I'm rich.

by Yusuk Ass

[true_blue_texican]

I'm gloating at everyone. I have so much, and they are so poor.

I didn't know that Clinton was into writing poetry, now.