Queueing as Defeatists,
But
Fighting for Freedom
Janet Kuypers
7/25/22
I don’t know why I keep doing it.
I don’t know what I’m hoping to find.
Wait, I do know what I’m looking for —
I just didn’t think it was so impossible to find.
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Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade,
Something that’s been a part of my whole life,
I’ve been looking for change,
Checking the news, hoping.
So... after searching the news, I see
That France and Israel have chosen
To strengthen their abortion rights for
Women after the U.S.’ overturning of
Roe v. Wade. And I know I love Brie
Caprese sandwiches sitting at a Paris café
Looking out on to the street at the passersby,
But I know how quickly they were conquered
By Nazis in World War Two, I’ve seen
Video footage of Hitler touring his then-
Conquered Paris, so after all these years
It’s good to see France being so quick to
Support women’s rights. Merci beaucoup.
But no, I’m no French girl, and no I’m no
Gal Gadot Israeli overcoming against all—
Even though each and every one of us
Is a Wonder Woman, I still feel like the
Ever-repressed goth girl shunted from her
Soul, shunted from what’s right. I know this
Goth girl may be a defeatist at heart, for when
We’ve seen the evils of the world at an
Early age we can only feign optimism
For the minions, but when something
So cruel is done, even us goth girls
Want to fight. I suppose our only choice
Becomes fighting any way we know how,
To make sure the world knows that these
Select southern United States shouldn’t have
The right to steal Liberty and Freedom.
Most must now find a way to fight,
Somehow, any-how, whichever way how
To regain our once and future rights.
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