I’m ranting today…if you’d rather not read it, jump below to this week’s reVerse. Peace!
You say impeachment like it’s a bad thing. Oh I jest…not! This past week was rough for anyone who is paying attention, and I admit, I pay far too much attention to what’s happening in the world. I can’t help it. I am a child of the radical 50’s-60’s-70’s. Being an activist and a participant is burned into my soul…like the bras I burned back in the day. But I digress.
It is no longer a mystery what the grand old party (aka, Trump’s party, formerly known as the Republican party) thinks of most of us. To be clear I’m speaking about the GOP, as in anyone who is not white, male, straight, rich, born in the US of A, unless of course your parents were here illegally when you were born, or you happened to be a true native who was here before the white scourge. They despise us.
They despise the children they continue to rip from parents at our borders with no plan to reunite them, they despise sick children whose parents have the audacity to expect healthcare for pre-existing conditions so that their children might have the chance to live, they despise the children that they force to be born, gloating, “you’re on your own now”, once they’re here, they despise school children who dare to come between them and their right to hoard arsenals of their beloved guns. It’s no secret that they also despise people of color, people of faith who are not bible-thumping, evangelical, so-called christian conservatives; they despise the outcast, the refugee and the prisoner, the sick and the needy. Don’t be fooled by their smug “family value”, pro-life drivel. They don’t care about any of that or us. They only care about the votes their lies get them from fools who believe them, thus keeping them in power.
Oh, and this week, they made it clear that they hate women. Unless of course they want to get their rocks off, engage in a little consensual rape (because no means maybe) or have a little fun, a little innocent assault, because boys will be boys, you know. Keep the viagra cheap and flowing like skittles, but not birth control for women. No make that expensive, inaccessible and for god’s sake don’t let insurance cover it, or pregnancy for that matter and make the women pay more for that insurance if they want to have a family…it’s only fair. Men don’t get pregnant. Appoint misogynist predators to the bench, elect them to high office, to the presidency even. And when nasty, uppity women dare to act like individuals, dare to expect the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, make life a living hell for them. Remind them of their place. Remind them that as long as men are in power, they own them. Because women, according to them, are only objects of lust, hysterical, and weak. They need to be managed and punished severely when they get out of line.
It is head spinning to see how swiftly patriarchy is making its last stand. It’s ugly. It’s terrifying. I am outraged that more of us are not outraged. But like climate change (oh they hate the planet too, which is obvious in the way they rape earth’s resources for gain), we will reach a point of no return if we don’t stand up to this evil and stop them. Complicity and ignorance are not options. Impeachment you say? That is the very least that we should do. Our democracy, all that we hold dear, hangs in the balance. Yes, it’s that bad. I took a break from the madness yesterday. We should all do that, to recharge before getting back to it. But get back to it we must. If not for us, then for our children and our children’s children.
Sunday’s Week in ReVerse – 19 May 2019
petals bursting in brief, fragrant splendor
but for the leaves whispering in the breeze
it was perfect
deny their humanity at the gates
for tender hearts, anger oft’ turns inward
fated by the whim of a breeze
I won’t tell you why
patriarchy
is a lie
yep…it’s that kind of day
when Love rains like
like angel kisses on my face
~kat
A ReVerse poem is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the ReVerse features the words of one writer, providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it as a review of the previous week.
May 19th, 2019 at 4:43 pm
I read every word, and agree with every word. Unfortunately, our government is weak, determined to self destruct, but follow and support everything that your idiots are doing as we slowly disintegrate. I feel for you Kat, I feel for your countrymen and women. It seems that money talks even more strongly than it used to, and those who have it, and want more and more, are unwilling to even consider the majority, the masses, we humble, but unimportant, plebs! Hugs to you. We will not be bowed.
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May 19th, 2019 at 5:05 pm
Hugs to you as well Peter. I know the US is not the only place suffering under destructive leadership. The company I work for has international interests. Every week there are strategy meetings on how we are going to deal with access to and from Mexico, Brexit and China tariffs. I am sorry to the world for the hand our president has had (though not in every case) in inflaming the situations. The irony? A good many people that I work with voted for the fool. And they would again. Stubborn fools won’t admit the mess they’ve made!!! 😳
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May 19th, 2019 at 5:16 pm
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
—President Theodore Roosevelt
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May 19th, 2019 at 5:26 pm
It’s all about power. ☹️
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May 19th, 2019 at 8:50 pm
Thank you for putting into words much of how I’m feeling, Kat. I’ve been so angry, all I can do is fume & feel enraged.
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May 19th, 2019 at 8:53 pm
I find it helps to write it out. I think so many of us are feeling outrage at what is happening. You are not alone…we are not alone. And I have to believe we’re going to end the nightmare soon. I hold on to that hope! ❤️
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May 19th, 2019 at 8:57 pm
I certainly hope so, but I’ve little hope it will. 😦 He’s put too many of his friends and cohorts in high positions and it’s going to take an awful lot to get rid of them.
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May 19th, 2019 at 10:38 pm
Oh Kat, you spoke so much truth against the so-called aristocracy which subjugates women, people of color, the LGBTQAI+ community, people with brains (and a heart) who follow Christ, people of other faith backgrounds… the list goes on… holding you and all of the rest of us who don’t fit their mold… may God or Goddess or both have mercy on our souls…
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May 19th, 2019 at 10:43 pm
Amen Michael. Clinging to hope. ❤️
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May 19th, 2019 at 10:44 pm
With my fingertips… a parishioner just lost his son to cancer… the son is much younger than me… I barely held it together during worship today…
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May 19th, 2019 at 10:51 pm
Oh my. Such sorrow. I wish you and your parishioner healing and peace…
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May 19th, 2019 at 11:07 pm
Thank you so much, Kat… Love and Light to you as well ❤️❤️
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May 20th, 2019 at 5:31 am
An articulate rant – and well stated.
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May 20th, 2019 at 6:04 am
Thank you VJ.
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May 20th, 2019 at 6:16 am
Most welcome.
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May 20th, 2019 at 5:22 pm
Oh!Kat I agree with you totally I have no idea what is happening, What Is Happening in the world today 💜.
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May 20th, 2019 at 5:34 pm
It’s crazy. Makes my head spin!!! 😳
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May 20th, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Mine too💜
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