Life In My Skin

As small children

you were there

a cousin or two

as grandchildren

you are here

I love you Boo

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In my job

I was told by Bob

you are not friendly

A friend said, "Really?

Get rainbows!"

Is it as simple as those?

"And by the way, you are a definite ally!

Count us glbtqa+ on your friend's list silly"

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I get the fallout

I want to bailout

I see it on FaceBook

I could write a book

It is so similar to racism

I have experienced that and sexism

Then there is agism

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As an old woman

I don't want to hear a man

or anyone spewing hate

it shouldn't be my fate

Maybe it's too late

to see a big change in my lifetime

reversing roe v wade, it's only time

for more reversal, it is such a crime

and I'll bet you more than a dime

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