White Trash
By Molly Murray
QuailBellMagazine.com
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They fill our apartment complex
with carcogenic waves –
second-hand smoke, b.o.,
marijuana that smells like pee –
nicotine clouds and sweaty cuss
words squeeze between us
and our sunset view.
with carcogenic waves –
second-hand smoke, b.o.,
marijuana that smells like pee –
nicotine clouds and sweaty cuss
words squeeze between us
and our sunset view.
They race dated musclecars
over speedbumps
almost hit me
as I get out of my car
the driver steps out
in a beat-up wife-beater but doesn’t look at me,
two feet away with my baby in my arms.
Is it pure evil
or crass ignorance
or white trash
plain and filthy
that steps away
scot-free from murder
because it’s filthy-white.
#Unreal #Poem #BlackLivesMatter #WhiteTrash
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