Original Post Date
2001-09-03 11:00 PM
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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 /
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