Monday, March 1, 2021

Citizen Potato Head is a Class Enemy - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Citizen Potato Head is a Class Enemy

 

“A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral”

 

-Mr. Potato Head receives gender neutral name, drops title (usatoday.com)

 

“Mr.” indeed! No, no, Citizen Potato Head!

Bourgeois titles are forbidden by law

As are toys lacking in social realism

Clearly you are no good Comrade of ours

 

Lower your eyes in shame, Citizen Potato Head!

Your periderm, your lenticels, your pith

Your reactionary apical buds and lenticles

Your counter-revolutionary vascular ring

 

Your heteronormative attitude -

All condemn you – and there can be no a-peel!

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