Wandering Spork

a poetry blog by Jay Juno - www.jayjuno.com

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elon musk

a billionaire complaining about lazy employees 

is like a plantation owner 

complaining about lazy slaves

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it's not just a few bad apples- whole tree is rotten to the core

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beautiful moments

fly away on winds of change

because life happens

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Brazil

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro just broke into the Brazilian Congress and presidential palace. Brazil is having their own January 6th moment right now- good thing the buildings were mostly empty and congress is out of session. President Lula is fine.

Pro-Bolsonaro supporters, Pro-Trump supporters, Pro-Hitler supporters- same product, different packaging.

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2023 is the new 2020

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Actually, I don't want a job.

I never wanted a job.

When I was little, I didn't go "Boy, I sure hope I grow up someday so I can have a job. I really want to be the best employEE!"

No.

I think I wanted to be an astronaut, or something like that. I wanted to go to infinity and beyond.

What's wrong with that?

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PFAS Asbestos

No wonder Mom cried and drank

No wonder she got cancer

No wonder Dad got a heart attack

No wonder they died.

…

So, why am I still alive?

Is it just to survive?

Or, may I thrive?

Maybe I'll dream

about their ashes…

and take that final dive.

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How much longer can we insist that poor people continue to be good sports about being f***ed over by billionaires?

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Mothers and Daughters of the Past,

please make the stock market crash!

Mothers and Daughters of the Past,

please make the stock market crash!

Mothers and Daughters of the Past,

please make the stock market crash!

Mothers and Daughters of the Past,

please make the stock market crash!

Mothers and Daughters of the Past,

please make the stock market crash!

-a witch's chant

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The rich are hoarding all the planet's resources- they know the planet is doomed. They'd gladly sacrifice you to save themselves. When they say working class, they really mean "slave"- and you are as disposable to them as a horse with a broken leg.

Just sayin'

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When are we going to talk about institutional classism in America?

Classism is the #1 form of discrimination in America- it is the #1 form of discrimination anywhere.

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Hitler and Trump, sitting in a tree...

In 1925,

Hitler was banned from public speaking-

it didn't stop him from rising.

In 2021,

Trump was banned from public tweeting-

will it stop him from rising?

In 2024,

we'll know more.

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Why do Americans have to sell their time and labor in order to survive?

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If you made a list of everything wrong with America right now, it would be so long that it would roll across the ground like toilet paper.

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Dear Democrat Party

Dear Democrat Party,

DO SOMETHING about abortion rights now- otherwise, you're not getting our votes.

If you DO NOTHING until November? I will never vote for you again. I just won't vote for anyone ever again. If you just sit on your butts until November, I will officially give up on this government forever, because it's just not working for the People anymore.

Get Biden to do an executive order to restore abortion rights- let the Republicans fight him in court over it. It would buy us time. Abraham Lincoln didn't know he had the authority to do his Emancipation Proclamation, but he did it anyway, didn't he? That's what the Republicans would do if they were in Biden's position, because they fight dirty.

Why don't you try fighting dirty? When you insist on playing by the rules and ignore the fact that the Republicans keep cheating, it makes you look stupid and weak- and why would we want to vote for stupid weak people? Are you afraid of losing billionaire support if you don't play by the rules like they want you to?

Get Biden to add judges to the court that support abortion rights- pack the court. That is what the Republicans would do if the situation was reversed. Why won't Biden do that? Why do you allow them to cheat and then normalize it? You spent 4 years normalizing Donald Trump, and now you're pissed off because you can't understand why so many Americans still support him? What did you expect when you refused to arrest him?

You lost all credibility with the American public when you didn't arrest him immediately after Jan. 6th- now it's too little, too late. How can Americans be expected to understand that he's a criminal when you have yet to arrest him? Visuals like seeing Donald Trump in handcuffs matter, damn it!

DO SOMETHING NOW, or else you're not getting our votes. The American People do not want to wait until November to address this, and we won't wait. If you make us wait? You will lose votes forever.

The American People will start a General Strike beginning Monday June 27th, and we won't stop until abortion rights are restored nationwide. Tell your billionaire friends they better get ready to lose money, because we're cancelling the 4th of July, too. No money for BBQs, fireworks, or flags.

4th of July is canceled now and forever until women get their rights restored! How can you expect women to celebrate Independence Day when we just had our own independence taken away?

Sincerely, Jay Juno

P.S. If you do nothing until November, you're not getting donations either. You want donations? DO. SOMETHING. NOW. 

June 26, 2022                          

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America

guns > women

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Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President,

We don't care about the economy.

Stop focusing on the stupid economy.

You know who cares about the economy doing good? Wall Street. Billionaires. Elon Musk.

Americans don't care about the economy. You know why?

Because we're going hungry! We're losing our homes! We're losing our jobs! We're dying everyday from COVID and gun violence! Women just lost their rights!

And your reaction is to say "Shucks, sorry ladies- please vote for me, though!", beg congress to do something, and then run off to Europe to smile for photo ops?

Why are you smiling in Europe? What do you have to be happy about right now? God, you're so out-of-touch, apathetic, and tone deaf... you and the entire Democrat Party are out of touch with the people you like to call "voters".

Stop going on about the stupid economy. We. don't. care. The economy doesn't serve the American People- it serves the very rich. Why should WE care about whether the RICH are happy with THEIR economy?

They don't care about us, but you want us to care about them? Why?

Are you OUR President, or are you the President of the billionaire class?

We're going on a General Strike.

Tell the billionaires they better get ready to go broke themselves (for ONCE in THEIR lives).

We, the American People, refuse to continue to be slaves to the billionaire class.

The economy can go f**k itself.

Are you the President for the American People or not? It doesn't feel like that lately- it feels like you just care what the billionaires want, and then feed us a bunch of bull to convince us to care what they want, too. 

If that's not true, and you are here to represent US, then....

DO. SOMETHING.

Sincerely, -Jay Juno

P.S. Stop blaming "voter ignorance" for your ineptitude. The American People are smart enough to know you're feeding them a bunch of BULL, and it PISSES us off. Stop gaslighting us- we don't believe you when you say the economy is doing great- because it's NOT doing great for US, is it?

June 26, 2022