let us smash the box
that people like to
place us in simply for
our race, sex, gender,
social class, zip code,
marital status, having kids,
not having kids,
being a social butterfly
or a wallflower –
we are all too complex
for simple labels
that people like to
place us in simply for
our race, sex, gender,
social class, zip code,
marital status, having kids,
not having kids,
being a social butterfly
or a wallflower –
we are all too complex
for simple labels
- Written for dVerse Quadrille #184: Smashing Poems
Amen. And we're ALL in the same (small) boat.
ReplyDeleteQuadrilliffic!
Thank you Ron.
DeleteIndeed... there are too many boxes... I still want to have my own, but only for what I want to keep private. (BTW I corrected your link which was pointing back at dVerse)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Bjorn.
DeleteWell said, Maria, too many boxes and ‘we are all too complex for simple labels’!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kim.
DeleteYes, let us smash that box! Great message in a well executed quadrille. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Miriam.
DeleteWell said. When the boat sinks, we'll all drown in exactly the same way.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteExcellent! A frightening reality that requires our attention.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Thank you Susan.
DeleteA wonderful take on the prompt. I love to smash boxes.
ReplyDeleteThank you Melissa.
DeleteWe need labels to communicate, but not when it comes to judging others. The Overlords can't play us against each other without them. Good poem, Arcadia.
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