A Second Class Citizen Poem by Randy McClave

They made her a 2nd class citizen
Now I wonder if she's able, how will she vote,
Not recognizing what country that she's now living in
As the republicans control her and gloat.
Now if from rape or from incest she gets pregnant
She is now forced to carry the rapists seed,
No matter on which battlefront
From the father of her child she won't ever be freed.

The republicans told me what books that I can or can't read
And the medicines or vaccines that I should forsake,
Also what words that I can say or must also heed
And also what part of history I must forsake.
They told me what gender I am and who I must love
The republicans told me who to be fearful of when they come,
And the immigrants and religions that I must be fearful of
So, tell me please, how the democrats are coming for my freedom.

Randy L. McClave