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our vibrancy</p><p id="428d">No It is time to say No</p><p id="3b28">We can build our own table, our own system From the ground up</p><p id="7500">Not with scraps and bones and ash But with what we save, bring to life, grow</p><p id="3d53">A table of plenty A bountiful meal</p><p id="a3e6">With plenty of room For us all to sit</p><p id="3ce6">Trees for shade The sun for grace</p><p id="5a19">This place Can be</p><p id="1fe5">Heaven</p><p id="4c65"><b><i>Jenny Justice </i></b><i>is a <a href="https://link.medium.com/54FKW36WPX">mom</a>, <a href="https://link.medium.com/qepG742WPX">Sociology</a> instructor, and writer. You can follow her on <a href="https://medium.com/@jennyjustice">Medium</a> and at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennyjusticewriter/">Jenny Justice, Writer</a>. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far.</i></p><div id="d15e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/tiny-peace-8315fe0d1e61"> <div> <div> <h2>Tiny Peace</h2> <div><h3>A fairly traditional haiku</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="back

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Ruins

A poem

Nothing is on this table

After scrambling for a seat After protesting in the street After pushing and pushing to get through the door

It’s dust It’s crumbs It’s rot

It’s not what we wanted not what we thought was here

Lavish life Lavish rights Lavish lies Lavish frights

It’s corrupt It’s bankrupt

It’s all Skeletons in suits and Ties and Spiderwebs

Calling the shots Smirking and grey

There’s no respects to pay These ghouls have had their day

Ignore it Come back, climb back down

We have all that we need here All the feast around here

Protect it Reclaim it

The top is a trap The game is rigged

They just want to drain us They just want to use our colors They just want to sap our vibrancy

No It is time to say No

We can build our own table, our own system From the ground up

Not with scraps and bones and ash But with what we save, bring to life, grow

A table of plenty A bountiful meal

With plenty of room For us all to sit

Trees for shade The sun for grace

This place Can be

Heaven

Jenny Justice is a mom, Sociology instructor, and writer. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far.