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Get Right Back Up
by Tammy J. Higgins
Today is
January first 2000.
Today is New Years day
The millenium would begin I hoped
in a fresh and peaceful way
At ten after four in the kitchen
packing dishes for when we move
someone for some reason
chose to put a warp into our groove
IT IS NOT IN MY HEAD
IT IS A FACT
Four orange paintballs loudly
hit our home with thunks and whacks
washed off with water
anger and embarrassment
a foolish prank or an ignorant attack
No-one seemed to care though a neighbor did see
but went back into their house and silently let things be
So taking control and taking action
is the first resolution to negativity this year
I want our rights to a fresh start
not beginning on a note of fear
so fall down and get RIGHT BACK UP
Happy New Year to all lesbians and queers!
Tammy J. Higgins has published eight poems in anthologies and won
a writing contest. She hikes, reads, roots for the Red Sox, is a solitary
Wiccan/Pagan, and has one 14-year-old cat named Ozzy. She lives in Jaffrey,
New Hampshire.