#NaPoWriMo2025 #Day20 #AllYouWannaDo

All You Wanna Do (Is Strip Trans Down)
(To the rhythm of “All You Wanna Do” - Six)

All you wanna do,
All you wanna do, baby—
Is smile while you write folx out of the law,
Implying some womens' lives are flawed.

All you wanna do,
All you wanna do, baby—
Is talk like you care, then shut the door.
You say it’s debate, but it looks like war.

You quote the woman who made her name
Writing magic but dealing blame.
You say, “It’s complex,” then walk away,
While rights get stripped, day by day.
You shout about facts, ignore how they live—
You’ve taken so much and still can’t give.

All you wanna do,
All you wanna do, baby—
Is frame trans as threat to stir up fear.
But they're still here.
They're still here.

#NaPoWriMo2024 #Day20 #GinCraze

Gin Craze

Monks fiery distillation,

a potent medicinal tonic, in days

where drinking the water would kill you.

Warded against plague.

Black beaks stuffed with juniper to cure every malady;

from coughs and colds, to strains, and sprains.

Dutch courage and Mothers Ruin, 

raise the bottle, pour liberal libations,

to the outcast dead

"May you never thirst Goose".

#napowrimo2022 #day20 #cocomee

“Cocomee”

We can’t keep doing this babe!

Every time I promise myself,

tonight I’ll make a different choice.

I know the definition of madness.

Repeating the same actions,

Expecting a different outcome.

Does the waitress recognise me?

Does she acknowledge my illicit struggle?

She graciously hands me a menu.

I unfold the linen napkin, like a gift,

softly place it upon my lap, fingers

lovingly trace the name of each dish.

I ponder my dilemma, what I want

what I think I think I want, crushed

by a burden of choice, I cave…

Order a damned, delicious bento box, again.

#greenwash #NaPoWriMo2021 #day20

 

Green Wash

Nestle’s, bitter chocolate, from one hundred percent sustainable beans,

applauding ethics, a melting moment - hearts and tasty cocoa solids,

Less vocal about child labour, dangerous tools, toxic exposure.