Happiness

is to be
thankful
optimistic
underthinking
kind
nurturing
coping
forgiving
flowing
savoring
committed
practicing
caring

but why do we need
a
list?

interrobang

a combination of a
query and interjection
after a rhetorical question
I am an
interrobang

racist

Why I must be a racist:
I'm white
I own a home
I have a job
I'm not poor

I don't live in the ghetto
I have white friends
I go to the mall
I'm white

Why I must not be a racist
I'm English French German Irish Scottish Canadian
My husband is Japanese
My friends run the ethnic scale
From personal experience I understand
pain abuse poverty loss disappointment alienation hunger fear anger
I have been
put down ignored objectified discarded feared threatened

so racism must be in the eyes
of the
beholder
huh!

 

published on FB 9-20-12

the winter of my discontent

it wasn't
winter
it wasn't
mine
it wasn't
discontent
it was
someone's
though

Sorry

I was
inexcusably
incomprehensibly
inexplicably
rude

overtaken by
frustration
disappointment
anger
not related to
you

sorry