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I died because I'm poor. (Compassionate mod kicks in a penny for the funeral)
Poet
| I.C. Howe
Posted on 06/26/2006 5:44:09 AM PDT by 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
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
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To: phoenixrising47
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:45:03 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out it's just sort of a tired feeling.)
To: phoenixrising47
3
posted on
06/26/2006 5:45:26 AM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(The right wants victory, the left wants surrender. It's that simple.)
To: phoenixrising47
4
posted on
06/26/2006 5:45:52 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("Jack Bauer" is Arabic for "I'm f*cked.")
To: phoenixrising47
5
posted on
06/26/2006 5:45:53 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: phoenixrising47
Did you write better poetry when you were alive?
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:05 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Without a monkey, "You are nothing, absolutely zero. Absolutely nothing.")
To: phoenixrising47
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:16 AM PDT
by
torchthemummy
("Patriotism...means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country” - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Admin Moderator; humblegunner; Allegra; Bacon Man; Hap; Eaker
Check this out. It's supposed to be, like, poetry or something.
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:18 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out it's just sort of a tired feeling.)
To: phoenixrising47
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:40 AM PDT
by
Not now, Not ever!
(This tag-line is temporarily closed for remodeling)
To: phoenixrising47
by I.C. Howe
Sure in hell ain't I.F. Stone---Bag of hammers here....
10
posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:41 AM PDT
by
litehaus
To: phoenixrising47
"I died because I'm poor."
Well, maily because you aren't too bright.
11
posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:52 AM PDT
by
Verbosus
To: phoenixrising47
12
posted on
06/26/2006 5:46:53 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: phoenixrising47
"I hear the helicopter..."
Not too surprising.
To: phoenixrising47
You're dead. Go back to wherever it is you belong.
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:47:14 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
( Run with scissors???? I can barely jog my memory)
To: phoenixrising47
Dork!
To: phoenixrising47
Actually you died because you're mother didn't listen to the warnings and try to get you out and because your mayor chose to let school buses get flooded instead of use them to move folks out of town.
Not because you're poor.
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:47:29 AM PDT
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: phoenixrising47
This is about Katrina? Yeah, and all Bush's fault? The idiot left out Nagin, Landreau and Blanco, didn't he?
What a drivelish waste of pixels.
To: phoenixrising47
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:47:35 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(A wall first. A wall now.)
To: phoenixrising47
It broke 'cause I'm poor. So get a job deadbeat.
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:47:40 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
To: phoenixrising47
I'm sorry to hear you're dead. IBTZ.
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:47:40 AM PDT
by
marvlus
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