NVN Tuesday: YEAH, I’M WOKE
by Gordon Gilbert
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My eyes not closed to all the colors of the rainbow; this world is not just black and white to men telling women how to live their lives; they can’t even manage their own to the rich getting richer; the rest of us, poorer to the racism everywhere; how to some, others’ lives don’t matter to the worship of the gun; some even willing to sacrifice our children to those who have the one, true religion; they want to impose it on us all to those who profit from these endless wars; they are never the ones who fight them My eyes have been opened I see the world more clearly as it is not as it never was and so, I say it proudly, yeah, I’m WOKE !
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Gordon Gilbert is a writer of poetry and prose residing in NYC's west village. Actively involved in NYC spoken word events since 2008, he has also hosted programs celebrating the beat writers, several African American poets and other poets as well, including William Carlos Williams. During the pandemic, Gordon found solace and inspiration in long walks along the Hudson River.