Poem: The Alien and the Empty Bucket

I am 100% alien,

until law says otherwise

I could die without my human rights

African American Slaves were called animals
Law had to finally say otherwise

The Civil Rights movement changed things

Black Lives Matter

They are human

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If I die with human dignity

having full human rights

It will have to be given to me

I can not take what the government

will not give

to those of us born intersex

It is

an empty bucket

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I can not own what is not mine

It is

an empty bucket

I will fight for my human rights

I will fight for our human rights

I will insist on it

I will declare it as mine even…..

But, I will not own it

until it is given to me

I can’t….
because it is an illusion to do so
an empty bucket

…and yet I won’t die

an alien because

I am human.

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By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez

December 14th, 2016

Written

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