God there are so many
worries I have in
the world
But then I remember
that Ozma**
was restored
to rule
and got
her happy ending
and became a girl***
without any fuss at all
And that stories of
Defying Gravity
for
Different
Divergent
Witches
In not Pink Skins
are inspiring
Songs everywhere
and that Glinda too
realized
she needed a castle
with women
I remember that
Banksy is creating
and recreating
for Peace
I read all the
Science Fiction
and Fantasy
about acceptance
I remember
that people are
upset about
Woke
things
Because they
sell so well
And I take a deep breath
And sing
the Magnificat
Again
With Mary
As
We Advent
(Wait, Long, etc.)
again
for Jesus
*Footnote: Link above Mary Poppins Spoonful of sugar was inspired by the oral Polio vaccine which was given with a square of sugar to help the medicine go down. I am very worried about the discrediting of vaccines in this day of age. I am also worried because I have a child with autism, and although vaccines do not cause autism, time and time again people have insisted they basically would rather risk death then have a child with autism. It is a sobering thought.
**Footnote: Read Ozma of Oz, it is one of the first happy endings for LGBTQIA. Also L. Frank Baum wrote many, many women based upon his feminist mother-in-law, some of them funny, some of them strong, all of them amazing. There is a lot of variation in Oz, because it is fantasy. It is amazing, per usual. Wicked also has LGBTQIA acceptance obliquely within it, however L. Frank Baum’s stories are wide open for interpretation as most fantastic stories are.
***Footnote: “became a girl” is not quite right but it’s fantasy and this is poetry I don’t want to ruin for you…so excuse my clumsy wording for the gist of the mystery of the book that you will now have to read.
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