How did George Floyd kill Aunt Jemima after he was already dead?
Aunt Jemima served delicious pancakes
RIP George
RIP Quaker Oats Aunt Jemima
Here comes Uncle Ben
with a pot of fluffy rice
soon to be snuffed out
another white on black
homicide
——————
a little satire comparing kudzu to racism
It’s called the front porch vine
grows over everything
makes for comfort with its shade
easy to propagate when you get tools
roots are huge and spreading
deep rotted
hard to pull out
just when you think you’re rid of it
here it is again
it can bring folks together
like a festival
a klan or a government
some use it for their own advantage
cultivate it
profit from its invasiveness
stir it in a drink
feels warm and good
when drinking kudzu tea
__________________________
dVerse prompt on an invasive plant— this was a prose poem which I reformatted into short Plath lines
a little satire comparing kudzu to racism
It’s called the front porch vine. It grows over everything and makes for comfort with its shade. Easy to propagate, just get the right tools. The roots are huge and spreading, deep-rooted and hard to pull out. Pretty much were rid of it, ten years may pass, and here it is again.
There are lots of uses for it. It can bring folks together like a festival, a klan or even a government. Folks use it for their own advantage and many like to profit from it. It can get stirred up into a drink. It is warm and feels good. Takes the craving off of everything else when drinking kudzu tea.
wordshophop 