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We begin with the assumption that what we have is ours grow up thinking that in a country like ours we have the right to say what we want (excluding things like murder and maiming) ours for the taking we don't think about exclusion - we assume that things like race don't matter we don't remember that for some of ours there was/still is slavery or like me grew up thinking it didn't matter what was past is past in this time who cares right? except I'm kept reminded bullied into thinking about the color line it's why we're stagnant thinking in one place a barrier unwilling to move in another eyes that see people for people and so I try to ignore determined to stay myself blind that we're each human beings; and no, I won't let you change me and that is my end. · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans Vanessa Raney will be a graduate student in History at Claremont Graduate University this fall. Her poetry has recently appeared in American Western Magazine (online), Quirk, Asphyxia Digest, WireTap Magazine (online), The Bayou Review, and The Thing Itself. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Vanessa Raney 2003. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. |
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