HE, SHE, IT, IT, THEY, THEM
by Nancy Dyer
HE, SHE, IT, IT, THEY, THEM, I, YOU
Once I learned THESE, THEM, THOSE, HE, SHE, IT, IT, Mommy, Daddy, THEY, THEM -
Didn’t my humanity leave me?
Yes, perhaps we need a lexicon to not point and grunt . . .
To let our friends and neighbors know: “The lion is near.”
And “Pick up your children and RUN . . .”
But now I point: “YOU, YOU, HE, SHE , IT IT, THEY, THEM” and blame
Or deflect
And see YOU as SEPARATE, loved or hated
Applauded or reviled
That YOU means YOU, not your actions, not your words
How PROUD I must be
that I can point and see what is right and wrong,
good and bad about YOU, YOU, HE, SHE, IT IT, THEY, THEM.
About humanity, my city, your city, my family, my universe.
HE, SHE, IT IT, THEY, THEM
Don’t these words just give me
LICENSE to be some POMPOUS, judgmental,
You know what . . .
WHAT am I CREATING?
Really . . .
Really, just for now PLEASE think about it.
Because, really, it is more like what am I destroying?
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