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if a poet cries

without a publisher

or an english degree

does anyone hear it

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i hope to be

whole, balanced and healthy

i don’t expect perfection 

but a solid effort

daily reflection 

i practice anti-racism

because no one who is

racist is healthy

racism is a mental illness

it is the result of wounds

that with the proper care

and acts of cherishing

one another is how we

heal and see our behaviors 

improve and our community thrive

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when tears are nourishment

as reflections they can fill the soul

when its physical it’s a failure of the system

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the metaphor is

an empty gas tank

while i stop at an EV plug

to fill up

not keeping up with the times

it’s like an emptiness inside

and relying on behaviors 

learned in systems of dominance

in a culture of cherished belonging