Roe

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS

Roe

 

Maybe you didn’t think we’d mourn

The loss of abortion rights

Maybe you didn’t think we’d rage

Maybe you didn’t think we’d fight

 

Women were last to gain the vote

Women were forced to stand in line

Women could not control their bodies

Women had substandard minds

 

We’ve always known it was a lie

Designed to hold a woman down

Yet it endured for centuries

Women were tied and bound

 

Once freed we thought it would stick

America doesn’t walk back its rights

If we underestimated your audacity

You’ve misjudged our will to fight

 

It was once considered settle law

Now there is no end in sight

To assert a woman’s right to choose

A united left will fight fight fight