She sat in my office and cried,
tears running down her face,
told me her great grandma had died,
and she just lost her cool.
Somebody stole her cell phone,
used it to commit crimes,
She was the only one in her family
to ever go past high school.
I didn’t know
what was true or lies,
or if the tears were real.
I only knew
she thought I had
more power than I did.
……………………….to be continued!! work in progress……….
We are ALL here,
We all BELONG here,
We all contribute to what is US.
We are all unique,
We are all connected,
Diversity is our ASSET,
it is a PLUS.
It is what makes us BEAUTIFUL,
it is what makes us ONE,
a Nation of immigrants,
will not be undone.
We deserve to have our babies
with access to care,
We deserve to have a doctor
when we need one there.
If we have a condition pre-existant to another,
This means we are sicker than we were yesterday.
Chicano, Latina, Mexican, Puerto Rican,
Lakota, Oglala, Ojibway, Navajo,
the Irish, the German,
English, Scottish, Dutch,
the Greek, the Chinese,
Polish, Vietnamese,
the Gay, the Lesbian, the Bi, the Transgendered,
and African, Ghanaian, Liberian, Kenyan,
We are refugees from EVERYWHERE,
from Sudan and Yemen,
from Serbia, and anywhere people are oppressed,
We are ALL HERE,
This is OUR America,
We will speak our minds,
We will watch the News,
We will peacefully march for the rights of all,
for children and youth in our neighborhoods,
We express who we are,
a Nation of immigrants,
many people as ONE,
and we ain’t goin’ nowhere.
cfblack 09-23-17
Doctor Grandma 