Limericks, my choice — reacting to women losing their voice!

Supreme Court

Overturning precedent Roe v. Wade
Right-swinging dicks plus a pious handmaid
These justices perjured
Kav lied while he beer-slurred
And again Collins claimed she was played

States

No abortion after twenty-three weeks
Fifteen’s what the Mississippi law seeks
Texas went for six
Why wait for “heart ticks”
Too late once fertilized— GOP tweaks

She to He

There’s no pregnancy sans a penis
It’s not wise to let yours between us
If your condom leaks
I won’t know for weeks
It’s me who’ll pay for your carefreeness

No leaks? Well, I must beg your pardon
I know you can’t think with that hard-on
But leaked was Alito
His precedent veto
Means you won’t be tilling my garden

Getting Even

With women‘s rights gone, white men’s rights were second
The guys lost their power — not something they reckoned
Former legislators
Women’s rights negators
Never “conceived” their sex lives would be threatened

Maidens-not from each state of the nation
Unite ’gainst men un-woke — sex cessation
When guys lost elections
Girls outlawed erections
Which means no reason to ban masturbation

But still there’s the danger sperm could get out
Scouting for eggs by some clandestine route
The women still frightened
Say laws must be tightened
Castration became law — karma’s turnabout

Did you vote?

Lost right to privacy, everyone’s business
State’s paying bounties so say you’re a witness
Faux Christians in state halls
Ignore polls and phone calls
Proving they lack representative fitness

Are you concerned about hypocrisy?
Big Lies, culture wars, and conspiracy?
Party over country?
Let me put it bluntly
Vote Blue, or you “voted” against democracy!

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Roe — Roe — No! Sings SCOTUS was originally published in No Crime in Rhymin’ on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

I’m blessed, right?
Surrounded by
caring friends,
loving family.
Why am I exhausted?

Don’t get me wrong.
I love being with people
because I hate
being alone
with my thoughts.

©2021 HHThorpe. All rights reserved.

Author’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Trying to tell the difference between what expected behaviors are and what might be the signs of a mental illness isn’t always easy. There’s no easy test that can let someone know if there is mental illness or if actions and thoughts might be typical behaviors of a person or the result of a physical illness.

Whether you are a person becoming concerned with your own well-being or you’re trying to help a friend or family member who doesn’t have access to care or doesn’t want help, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) is just one resource.

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THEME: Alone

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And now, Noah Floersch‘s haunting “Alone With My Thoughts”

You don’t know Noah Floersch yet, but you may hear more from him and about him over time. Noah’s a senior business marketing major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who plans to pursue a music career. Here are the haunting lyrics to “Alone With My Thoughts.”

Alone was originally published in Chalkboard on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.