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Disgust
Ha. Equality.
What an absolute f a n t a s y.
When did we become so a d v a n c e d
that we discriminate based on colour
and orientation
and gender?
“We’re all human.”
It seems as though those words
have l o s t all meaning.
Ask the mother, father, sister, or brother
and they’ll tell you how i n h u m a n we are.
Does the lack of a chromosome change us?
Does the shade of our bodysuit scare us?
Does the inevitability of love separate us?
Ask the victim and they’ll say n o
ask the a t t a c k e r and they’ll say yes.
If humanity is so terribly tainted
with the blood of the innocent
— are we entitled to the awareness of our choices?
How are we better than the creatures
we discriminate a g a i n s t?
Because the concept of equality doesn’t h i t you
until you’re breathing your l a s t breath,
snatching somebody else’s f u t u r e
and w r e c k i n g your own.
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