52 Weeks of Art - Week 10 "Poison"

This week, the theme for my writing assignment was "poison." All I had to do to find inspiration was read a single day of my Facebook newsfeed. Seriously. 

Seeing it all at once like this is the final straw for me. My challenge now is to find a way to limit these types of stories from overwhelming me each and every day. 

Anyway, for better or for worse, here it is.

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Poison

All of the migrant children spread disease 

Don't know to go to the bathroom properly

Woman sawed baby’s throat to stop her crying

Police arrived too late, found the baby dying

Minnesota teens sharing Snapchat at the mall

Noose around the black neck,  captioned “gotta hang ‘em all”

Christian university shuts down bake sale 

We can’t help the homosexuals going to Hell

I’ve had enough of this poison

I’ve heard as much as I can take

I’ve had enough of this poison

Any more and I fear this heart and soul will break

The Bible says an HIV vaccine will never be

Because AIDS is punishment for homosexuality

NFL player arrested for beating up his wife

In her 9-1-1 call, she said she feared for her life

Former pro athlete says he’s ashamed of the teams

Supporting gay marriage and doing Devil’s work it seems

Pat Robertson says that God’s will should be done

Parents shouldn’t go to the gay wedding of their son

I’ve had enough of this poison

I’ve heard as much as I can take

I’ve had enough of this poison

Any more and I fear this heart and soul will break

A Texas fraternity holds a racist party

They also forbid integration and “fagetry”

Oklahoma chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Chanting “no niggers” and the legacy goes on

A state senator says that because God abhors

All the gays they haven't any right to shop in stores

A California attorney proposes legislation

To kill homosexuals to save God’s nation

I’ve had enough of this poison

I’ve heard as much as I can take

I’ve had enough of this poison

Any more and I fear this heart and soul will break

Politician’s father says transgender bathroom use

Puts decent boys and girls at risk for violent abuse

Texas passes hateful transphobic legislation

Adds $2,000 fine for using wrong location

Phyllis Schlafly says immigrants carry fundamental flaws

Don’t want to be American or follow US laws

On the streets of Dallas, an Iraqi man is dead

An innocent, just standing there, shot in the head

I’ve had enough of this poison

I’ve heard as much as I can take

I’ve had enough of this poison

Any more and I fear this heart and soul will break

University of Oregon, when investigating rape,

Accesses private words captured on therapist-recorded tapes

Catholic Bishop says rape victims, out of spite,

Punish the rapist by aborting his baby’s life

Lesbians and gay with children haven’t any right

They shouldn’t be allowed to raise them in Satan’s sight

A Monsignor calls a man a faggot, a maricon,

And then he says act the way God has shown

I’ve had enough of this poison

I’ve heard as much as I can take

I’ve had enough of this poison

Any more and I fear this heart and soul will break