30 Day Poetry Challenge: Day 17: CONVENTIONS
Day 17: Conventions Pg 66 from A Room With A View by E.M. Forster. “ I've always flown in the face of the conventions all my life.” This poem is more than partially inspired by the announcement of the replacing of The Affordable Care Act with Trumpcare. Perhaps we should say TrumpBeware. There is little care in it's attack on everyday people, people who make only enough to keep going, who have pre-existing conditions that include migraines and vaginas. Who suffer from other sick parts of this society, if they have fallen victim to rape. Western conventions say that I need to have a husband by this point, have a child, own a house, work a 9 to 5 job or clean and take care of my house. I need to dress a certain way, look a certain way to be loved and accepted. These conventions ignore the flavor and diversity of life. Of what humans can be. So, fuck you conventions! The Grey Box It has always been done this way says fear as ...