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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
61
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:19 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: phoenixrising47
Where's that promising Bush? I've always wanted to plant a hedge of Promising Bushes in my front yard, but I can't seem to find them at the nursery.
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posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:21 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: phoenixrising47
To: phoenixrising47
To: phoenixrising47
There one was a man from DU
Brain cells, he had but a few
He trolled on FR
But he didn't get far
Being poor isn't the only problem for you.
APf
65
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:25 AM PDT
by
APFel
(Individualism. The alpha and the omega.)
To: phoenixrising47
I died because I'm a middle class white guy....see, bad things happen to us too.
To: starbase
Or my favorite couple, Ben and Eileen Dover . . . or that stoner broad Lydia Bestpot . . . or the hoochie Heidi Salami . . . or even A. Nicholas Fivepennies.
I could do this all DAY. (It's an exercise we do out at my Festival.)
67
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:30 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
68
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:34 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: phoenixrising47
from phoenixrising47's profile: "I concerned member of the Human Race."
Is English your second language?
69
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:39 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, your murderers will be found.)
To: phoenixrising47
I. (don't) C. Howe.
This is funny stuff!
70
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:42 AM PDT
by
8mmMauser
(Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
To: phoenixrising47
I.C. Howe is your pen name, isn't it? Your real name is Ima Hoe.
71
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:55 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: phoenixrising47
How long is this garbage going to be on these pages?
72
posted on
06/26/2006 5:51:57 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(War Monger...In the name of liberty, let's go to war!!!!)
To: phoenixrising47
Ok, buddy finish the string of logic - it's incomplete.
Let me take a stab at it:
I'm dying because I'm poor.
I'm poor because I'm lazy.
Lazy comes from entitlement - the world doesn't owe you anything, but this country still offers up opportunity on the grandest scale. Take advantage of it dude - self pity sucks.
73
posted on
06/26/2006 5:52:02 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: phoenixrising47
Welcome to Free Republic. I also see in your profile,
"I concerned member of the Human Race."
Let me help you with the grammar: "I am a concerned member of the Human Race."
Now assuming you don't get ZOTted, you may want to correct your profile...
74
posted on
06/26/2006 5:52:16 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
To: phoenixrising47
Poor is a defeatest state of mind that all liberals push to make everyone feel sorry for them. It's called welfare state.
ZOT!
To: phoenixrising47
Hah. Cute. I.C. Howe.
U.C. Howe to be pitiful, actually.
Being 'poor' in this nation of generosity? That's not what killed you; laziness did.
76
posted on
06/26/2006 5:52:49 AM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: phoenixrising47
by I.C. Howe Stolen from I.P. Freely.
To: phoenixrising47
"I concerned member of the Human Race."
Really? You concerned?
To: Sloth
I hope this was you:I don't think your sentiments reflect most of Freepers. Only the lowly.
79
posted on
06/26/2006 5:52:54 AM PDT
by
marvlus
To: Xenalyte
"Woman + bad poetry = the prized "poetess" designation."
Hark! I floating back to the Klintoon Days....I hear you Maya........LOL....
80
posted on
06/26/2006 5:53:03 AM PDT
by
litehaus
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