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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
To: phoenixrising47
I hope this was you:
42
posted on
06/26/2006 5:49:34 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: phoenixrising47
No, you died because you were stupid.
43
posted on
06/26/2006 5:49:34 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: phoenixrising47
44
posted on
06/26/2006 5:49:37 AM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: phoenixrising47
To: phoenixrising47
To: phoenixrising47
47
posted on
06/26/2006 5:49:45 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: phoenixrising47
I am a angst-filled teenager.
I wrote this for a school anthology.
I hope it sounds depressing.
My public education cost more than almost anywhere in the world.
I got it for free.
I live in the greatest nation of the world...
But I won't write about the billions killed by Communism...
About the billions killed by socialist dictators...
About horrible conditions in other nations where warlords kill for fun.
Nope, I'm going to whine about microscopic problems in the greatest nation on earth.
Because my Leftist, liberal, hate-filled teacher
will give me an "A" for that.
48
posted on
06/26/2006 5:49:46 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: phoenixrising47
Since you're dead anyway, can I have your stuff?
To: phoenixrising47
I died because I'm poor STUPID.
There. That's better.
50
posted on
06/26/2006 5:50:07 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: phoenixrising47
"I think that I shall never see,
A poem as stupid as this one..."
~Wadsworth, or Somebody
51
posted on
06/26/2006 5:50:08 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: phoenixrising47
Phoenixrising, eh? Soon to be phoenix barbecue. Beebers on full stun!
52
posted on
06/26/2006 5:50:13 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: phoenixrising47
by I.C. Howe
Not to be confused with Seymour Butts.
53
posted on
06/26/2006 5:50:23 AM PDT
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: phoenixrising47
You died because you trusted your local officials to be your true parent instead of getting the hell out of there.
To: phoenixrising47
Hey, is that your momma's car sitting flooded in front of your home? Maybe you should have listened to the T.V. and taken the car out of town.
55
posted on
06/26/2006 5:50:33 AM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: Kozak
I concerned member of the Human Race.I concerned (sic) member of zot patrol.
Really the quality of trolls has gone down bigtime. These drive-by ideological idiots don't even take the time to write something with substance when they have all the time in the world to prepare.
56
posted on
06/26/2006 5:50:53 AM PDT
by
torchthemummy
("Patriotism...means looking out for yourself by looking out for your countryā€¯ - Calvin Coolidge)
To: phoenixrising47
Did Elian write this ?????Before Klintoon sent him back
57
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:00 AM PDT
by
MadelineZapeezda
(Madeline Albright ZaPeezda, no doubt about it!)
To: phoenixrising47
phoenixrising47 is going to come back as a higher life form then IT is now. Maybe a moon bat?
58
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:00 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: phoenixrising47
Maybe if you and the other RAT supporters hadn't voted for "school-bus nagin" and blanco the blank slate, perhaps you'd be alive today.
59
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:02 AM PDT
by
AdvisorB
To: phoenixrising47
You are dying because your corrupt Mexican government, the fifth richest country in the world, refuses to help you and the rest of the poor Mexicans.
60
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:10 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
( ALEA IACTA EST. We have just crossed the Rubicon.)
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