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[ On Poetry ] Triggered
In the hospital waiting room
I passed the time with what
was available — Newsweek, likely
I honestly don't remember much of
anything other than the harried
woman hurriedly passing through
who suddenly halted
backpeddled a few steps
snatched up a magazine and
slammed!
it cover down on the table in
disgust
before storming away to
her anger management
therapist, pharmacist for
a Benzodiazepine prescription
or whatever people do
when in the throes of
ridiculousness—
LOL!
It's hilarious because
I turned the magazine over
expecting to be greeted by
some smirking politician
party animal logo
a salacious scandal
but instead it was of all
things or people ...
Michelle Obama!
Hahahahaha!
To this day, I have no idea
why the woman reacted so ...
involuntary and ... well
ludicrous
Maybe she was taught to hate
Democrats as a child ?
Perhaps she was a racist ??
A staunch admirer of Laura Bush ???
Jealous of the then First Lady
having such a confident
not to mention
a r t i c u l a t e
husband ????
As the inkwell runs dry of question
marks, the occasion still freshly
blotting my mind persists—
I am prone to giggles and fits
of laughter
but mostly I remain in awe
because all it takes is a photograph
sometimes a batch of musical notes
or merely a president's name
for certain people to lose all
self control, behaving as
you would expect them to—
a stereotype of themselves
foaming at the mouth
as if his or her very soul
was just shat upon
Imagine that, Poets—
a single word
That's all you really need
for some people to be
triggered
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