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Rebecca Rijsdijk's avatar

Thank you dear Nina

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Eric Ewing's avatar

Wow. Just wow. Amazing work.

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Rebecca Rijsdijk's avatar

Thank you Eric

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Nina S. Nazir's avatar

So much in this poem I love, Rebecca! This:

"I learned to read the room

before I learned to read"

and:

"So don’t tell me to calm down.

Don’t tell me to speak gently.

Don’t tell me I’m too angry

when all I’ve done

is survive the systems

you keep pretending can be fixed

with a taskforce and a timeline."

🙌🏽

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Izabella Casagrande's avatar

“You talk about resilience

like it’s a certificate.

Ours came with broken sleep”. Funny how this resonated with me, with deep insomnia episodes and having to work next morning 8am. 😣 This poem is amazing and necessary.

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Rebecca Rijsdijk's avatar

It's why I work evening shifts only in nursing, because I don't sleep well at night. Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment 🙏

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Conny Borgelioen's avatar

The moment I found out about social capital is the moment I realised that meritocracy is completely false.

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Rebecca Rijsdijk's avatar

Yes. There is no trickle down bullshizzle. Only greed at the top.

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