Emptybesters

I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be voting in the state of Tennessee. In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now.  I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.

I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love.  Running for Senate in the state of Tennessee is a woman named Marsha Blackburn. As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives.  Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway.

Your kind are breathing contradictions

Walking catastrophes

Procreating afflictions

Exhibit wisdom and ignorance

Short on common sense

Throw shade, add rusty two cents

Gratification, this instant

Penance for Lent

Three days in, crucify your repent

Proper grammar rewritten

Polite manners near nonexistent 

Irrational, not tactful

First second, a cuddly putty tat

Second second, a rabid pitBull

Full of shit, fears, and lies

Live double lives

Snuff black lives

Side chicks and wives

Guns in schools

Sex tapes make you cool

Fool funked up the White House

Now that jawn’s an outhouse

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Dani Sweets

The seagulls hovered above

And one by one landed gently

On the water

They immediately began picking

the remains of a disaster

at sea

Spoiled for choice

They passed me by

For they knew

I was not for consumption

My body

Too warm

My heart

beating at a sprinters pace

I was still

Amongst the living

And required no rescue

What I needed most

In that most dire of moments

Was simply