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Eggheads


Everyone has a yolk in their head, needing to be cracked open

Let the gooey yellow free, free from the tight, white shell

Free to expand, free to reach and explore

Save the world one egg at a time

Crack open the heads of the world

 

The Yolks of the Sexists

Believing that the only good eggs are inside an ovary

The entire worth of a woman in an egg

Ignoring their own eggs, sexists turn to the protection of ovum

Ignoring the fact that their "facts" are fiction

Ignoring the fact that they're doing more harm than help

Ignoring the fact that it's 2016 AD not BC

Ignoring the women and their futures

Crack open their eggs

Free the yolks 

Free the world

 

The Yolks of the Racists

Believing that the only good parts of the egg is the creamy white shell

Trapping hints of glorious yellow, glorious color

Unable to shine unhindered and bright and glowing

Unable to cry for the daring and the beloved

Trapped in a tiny white cage made by tiny white beings

If only the shell fell apart 

If only the color was allowed to breathe freely

Unencumbered by jagged edges of barely opened casings

Free the yolks 

Free the world

 

The Yolks of the Anti-LGBTQA+

Trapping the world in a small box

No room for personalized love in a shell

No room for the flags to fly free

Dazzling the world with an array of new colors

Colors never before seen

Because they were trapped in a shell

A small, round shell

Waiting to bust away from stereotypes and predetermined hell

Free the yolks

Free the world

 

Open minds making a breakfast buffet of diversity and open-mindedness

The free people of the world sizzling with joy

The eggs are cracked wide open

The yolks are bright and free

 

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