Let us clap!

Let us clap! 

When your experience is blacked out  

and generally labeled “greatness.” 

when you know it was not, 

without a chance to share, 

What it was like, really for for you

It is dishonest.  

Let us clap! 

When you do speak up,

You are told you are crazy, that is not so,

and only you have a problem, 

Or that you are making a big deal,

That is the formula for resentment to build.

Let us clap!  

Some speak up, 

Some smile and praise with you.

Keep pushing upward those you like 

and diminish the experiences of others

Let us clap! 

Don't consider the works of others, 

pish tosh them with a wave of hands 

and a snooty remark here are there

What do they know? 

Let us clap! 

Let us celebrate

those for the joy they bring -  

who have nothing to lose.

Let us clap!