Hate

I am posting this at the request of JeffScape.... and because I know I've been neglecting this blog.

I wrote this after I watched a special on Matthew Shepard when I was in high school. If there is one thing I truly despise in this world, it is ignorance. And the word 'panties'... but that's for another day.

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You used me because she’s black,
You used me because he’s old,
You used me because she’s white,
You used me because you’re cold.

You used me because ‘he’ is a ‘she’.
You used me because her leg is lame,
You used me because he’s gay,
You used me because of your own shame.

You used me because she’s Muslim,
You used me because he’s a geek,
You used me because she turned you down,
You used me because you’re weak.

You used me because he’s poor,
You used me because she shed a tear,
You used me because he’s Asian,
You used me because of your own fear.

You used me because she dresses ‘funny’,
You used me because he’s overweight,
You used me because she’s retarded,
You used me, because I’m Hate.