next door's new EV
delivered by full size transporter
clouds of diesel smoke
© Rachel Green January 2025
They called him "woke" and laughed at him with jeers
just for the mere suggestion he had made
that washing hands improve the lives of peers
and things they could not see were casting shade.
"Another stupid woke idea," they cried
when it was pointed out that slaves were men
that plantation culture should be put aside
stop ownership of people there and then.
The Romans thought the liberals were woke
when they laid claim to teachings from a book
that said "be nice to every other folk
as you desire those toward you look."
If it be woke to honour every human
to have some basic right to live, I am.
© Rachel Green January 2025
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