Three Generations of poor women

pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/230/photo_4_supplement.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Tiny/p pIncarcerated for crimes of poverty- that’s being homeless, on welfare and poor in this br /capitalist society/p pBorn into povertybr / br /3 generations of poor womenbr / br /consumed by marginalizationbr / br /3 generations of women destroyed by subjugation.br / br /3 women Not resisting just existing./p pme - child of a mixed race mamabr / br /she-orphaned as a child- tortured as a childbr / br /she-born of a another tortured woman beaten by a man...br / br / a man who had a plan to use and abuse until there was no more left to have /p pauntie with no teeth..no soulbr / br /lost to dpression and cigarettesbr / br /bearing more tortured children more tortured women who did not eat - who did speak br /who harm each other and themselves cause there are no more tears to grieve./p pthese women’s livesbr / br /are inter-twinedbr / br /with the oppressor,br / br /the oppressor’s name is Shamebr / br /Shame tells them it is wrong to be poor,br / br /it is your faultbr / br /and whatever you do - br /don’t ask for a hand-outbr / br /starve your childbr / br /consume that winebr / br /sleep on the streetbr / br /you’ll be finebr / br /but idon’t /iask for helpbr / br /these women believe the oppressor as tho he is the lover they can never keep-they br /starve their children in honor of shame, they remain homeless in honor of shame- br /they lose their soul... in honor of shamebr / br /Shame is the name of the new colonizers, the gentrifying landlords, the policy br /makers, the presidents/p p3 generations of poor women destroyed by margin-a-lizationbr / br /Not resisting..Just existing/p pI am born of these women - I am born of this pain ...of the impossible relationship with br /the new lover- shame-br / br /at a young age I give up - unable to change - unable to save - ready to die, dead from br /too many reasons to cry - /p pbut wait there is a happy ending... No not happy... just angry... but anger has hope - br /anger has possiblitites anger has names like Dorothy Allison, Shange, Toni Morrison, br /And Zora Neal Hurston -br / br /anger has clarity and words like resistance and strugglebr / br /survival and organize/p pso now the story can readbr / br /3 generations of poor women fighting back-br / br /3 generations of women.... Healing not Grieving -br / br /Resisting..... Notbr / br /just Existingbr / /p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p