fuck

(why it's my word of the year)

Why am I so enamored with the word “fuck” these days?

Because it’s sharp, strong, succinct, and makes a point.

And because the people most offended by it are supporting and voting for and celebrating evil.

Fuck that.

The word choice is an intentional jab at hypocritical evangelical christians who clutch their pearls when they hear the word “fuck” but throw their pearls to the rapist racist felon president and his billionaire buddies stripping everyone’s rights away.

I’m standing up against that. And Frog and Toad are with me.

Here’s a poem:

*

what does the goat say?

when you studied for the final and did
everything right, then you find out you’re

getting graded on feeding the hungry
and clothing the naked and giving water 

to the thirsty and inviting in the stranger
and visiting the sick and the prisoner

and not in fact on church attendance  
and bible reading and pious prayers 

and policing other people’s sexuality 
and not saying fuck

what in the actual hellfire 
is happening here?

*
(this is a poem from this book referencing this Bible passage)

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