{"id":4069,"date":"2020-01-10T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2020-01-13T20:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T00:39:44","slug":"its-poetic-justice-until-we-all-lose-our-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2020\/01\/10\/its-poetic-justice-until-we-all-lose-our-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Roe v. Wade-related | It&#8217;s Poetic Justice Until We All Lose Our Eyes, by Hokis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Roe v. Wade-related; patriarch, toxic masculinity<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em><strong>by Hokis, Founder &amp; Senior Editor<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">My story is so nearly relevant,<br \/>\nI forget and roll my eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">Devil in savior\u2019s clothes.<br \/>\nChooses strong women to destroy.<br \/>\nFeeds his need for power, not so much to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>{climax}<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">his ego &amp; impatient impulses<br \/>\nblind him.\u00a0 his triangulated<br \/>\npitted fruits gather, with<br \/>\nselfless, patient pistols resting<br \/>\nat their soldier hips.<br \/>\nProtests him out of town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>Climax<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">Our story<br \/>\nHas a modern twist with<br \/>\nAn ancient form of never forget:<br \/>\nForgive, as if Our lives depend on it,<br \/>\nbecause they does.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>CHance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">If we are to distort the ideal idea of power,<br \/>\nWe must\u00a0<em>chose\u00a0<\/em>to call him Savior<br \/>\nand wash our own calloused feet<br \/>\nas well as his\u2019. Disgusting<br \/>\nfor some, I see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">It is clear to me, the matriarch of<br \/>\nHis chosen polygamy,<br \/>\nthat the Collective Voice uniquely<br \/>\nhears this silence within that noise.<br \/>\nThe humming humbling mumble;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 160px;\"><em>Perhaps there is no means to his end.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Perhaps the devil\u2019s clothes were a costume for Him.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Perhaps he has yet to take it off since that glowing October day\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>when his mother bought it for him, for staying quiet.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That coveted, covert-emboldening<\/em><br \/>\n<em>mass-produced, polyester Batman suit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>CHANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Image:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/artistny.com\/art\/poetic-justice-original-painting\/\">\u201cPoetic Justice,\u201d Samson Gabriel. <\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Samson was born in Russia and studied fine art in <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Tajikistan and Estonia.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0first version published with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/reclamationmagazine.com\/\">Reclamation Magazine<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roe v. Wade-related; patriarch, toxic masculinity &nbsp; by Hokis, Founder &amp; Senior Editor &nbsp; My story is so nearly relevant, I forget and roll my &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"It's Poetic Justice Until We All Lose Our Eyes | Hokis\nRoe v. 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