“Swept Under the Rug” by Julene Tripp Weaver, published inThe Poeming Pigeon: In The News, released in August 2018 by The Poetry Box.
Swept Under the Rug
there are words
hiding
under our rug
someone took a broom
(or perhaps asked their servant)
and swept
these vulnerable words
to the side and into a dust pan,
neatly,
the little fetus ball-words
rolled in dust swept up,
but entitled to one last
science-based breach
yakked among themselves
about what sex they were and
what gender
one clearly declared they
were transgender
and wanted to be addressed
as such, another,
(in good form) swore
that due to evidence-based
proof research (in fact)
they had the right to their race
and rejoiced in their diversity
it was such a party
in the swept up dust pan
but then, the awful truth
the rug came down
still they bounce
and mumble
determined to see
the light of day
