Louisiana Lady

[Laura]

p/n: it's hard to put these feelings into words. After I heard all the stories and what happened in the dome down in New Orleans, I was disgusted. I cannot put my true feelings into words but this will have to do.

*contains coarse language, violent and sexual subject matter

"Louisiana Lady"

Louisiana lady
I am sorry for your pain
I can see your hands are dirty
and burning from the flames
reach down and touch me
at least make me feel something warm
now that the stories have broke
we're all feeling weak

and they have slit the throats
and let the blood pour out
and I cry hoping I won't drown anymore

and take those men in blue and green
and black with badges
they do not make this problem any better
and take all those people
and shoot them down.

they want an escape
"you've got it"
and the shell hit the floor
little smoke evaporating into the salty air
and no money to move

and turn this into violence
a war against the races
fuck the poor and fuck all those women
getting battered and bruised in bathroom stalls

Louisiana lady,
I am sorry for your loss
your body no longer stands here
just left abandoned on a toilet seat
and blankets will cover you
and you might feel smothered
and when you're buried
I hope you come visit me

and I'm left with all these questions
security fails and government fails
and all the things we thought we could believe in
respect and keep us safe
they all fall apart just like the levee
and someday I hope all those men
with their pretty shiny guns realize what they're doing

and they have slit the throats
and let the blood pour out
and I cry hoping I won't drown anyone more
and turn this into violence
a war against the races
beat all the women dead and leave the children hungry
fuck the poor and fuck it all

they're all going to die anyways
no hope left in their eyes

[Absinthe]

[glow=black,2,300]Wow. That was excellent and I definitely get what you're saying here. What's going on down there is absolutely horrid and I'm glad you ere able to express it in words, because I cant seem to.

"and they have slit the throats
and let the blood pour out
and I cry hoping I won't drown anyone more"

I liked that part best. It reached out to me. [/glow]

[Only Me]

So maybe I'm just a little out of the loop... but what happened to cause this poem and this overwraught emotion? I know about Katrina and I know most of the issues.. but apparently not all of them... so please enlighten me... anyways. I love this... it kind of paints me a picture... My heart seriously goes out to all the victims of Katrina... "your body no longer stands here
just left abandoned on a toilet seat" that part really paints a vivid picture... thank you for sharing this...

[Laura]

This was written about the stories of women being raped and killed at the Superdome (in the bathrooms), and how the police are killing innocent people who are just trying to get out.

[Only Me]

ok. I had not read any stories about that... but now that it has been mentioned my curiosity is perked so im going to go research it... thanks for bringing it to my attention... thats just horrible...

[lanaia74]

Totally AWESOME!