(They Say)

Contributor: John Ogden

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“We need your help!”
(they say)

Until they see that I am white.
Until they see that I am male.

“Savior complex”
(they say)

“Privilege”
(they say)

“Reparations”
(they say)

so I sit back
(do nothing)

and try not to watch
(the looting)


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John Ogden was conceived of a government form and a passing mailbox. He lives somewhere out in the woods of a rural land more akin to the fantasy realms of literature than real life, and his favorite dirt bikes will always be the broken ones.