Motherhood Can Radicalize You

 What radicalized you they ask 

as another mass shooting is announced

What radicalized you they ask

As poverty increases

As homelessness increases

As illness, disability, and death increases

As the rich get richer off our labor 

What radicalized you they ask 

as another law is voted on to 

restrict 

my ability to decide the fate of my own body

What radicalized you they ask 

as I read in an itemized bill that my child 

required resuscitation at birth

The nurses didn't tell me

But the insurance company knows the cost

Of my baby breathing

What radicalized you they ask 

as my body and mind are broken down 

over 

and over 

by the weight of being poor

Being a woman

Being a mother