Prejudice

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    Prejudice

     flowing force of anger
    wall of tight-muscled eyes
    staring
    fingers pointing
    giggles turning into laughter
    hurtful
    mocking
    hard and cold
    punching my ears
    my self-worth.
    the little girl within
    shrinks, tightens
    sucks me in around her
    for protection;
    tears bathe humiliation
    but the feeling is never clean.
    considers anger:
    retaliation smolders
    like incense
    in an amethyst stone cup
    left on an unmarked grave.
    little girl, splinter of a child,
    February angel
    you're beautiful and chaste!
    turn away
    look away
    hear my words

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    laydbak1 commented on Prejudice

    07-05-2009

    This is very good write... Great message, great imagery... I was held on every line... A very good read...
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    linlee

    07/10/2009

    Thanks to you, I have now gotten a comment on every poem here. What a good poet friend you are. Oh, and I just noticed that you gave it a10. Wow! What can I say? From you, that means so much.

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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