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I talked to the writer and the writer wanted to hear my poem, which is like a story. {}} {/: center} Prompt 1 Pen a poem which centers around a controversial topic. Since these days any topic deviates from what someone else might believe becomes a trigger, this leaves the prompt wide open. You are welcome to write about anything from anti-feminism, feminism, abortion, anti-abortion, politics, to Covid vaccines. The list is endless. Just remember, I do not judge on whether I agree with the writer or not. Judging is based on poetic language, structure, and emotiveness. It's an issue whether or not highly classified items should be released to the public. I believe that when something is marked as highly classified, it should not be opened. There is a good reason for that: People get angry when things are not done the same way that they want them done. This anger can lead to violence; this kind of anger can end up killing lots of people. Is this necessary? My answer is no. I don't like violence, Period. It makes my heart sad to see people so outrageously angry, that innocent people have to be hurt or killed. Our nation, after two years of leadership, has been destroyed. This has caused division in our families. They will turn on you if you vote opposite of what they believe. This is outright wrong. Our family unit has broken down. We do need them to support us. When support isn't given to us, we feel isolated, deserted, and lonely. Having a President who purposely took highly classified information from the White House, then took them to his home was totally wrong. Now we find that there was highly classified information found in the current President's home. There is a difference between the two: The former President, Donald J. Trump, had refused to turn documents over to the FBI so that they could do an investigation to find out why he took these highly classified documents home from the White House. There was plenty of evidence to show that he was guilty of criminal behavior. He said that He was guilty of some of them. He went totally out of control when he lost the election to Joe Biden. Because of that, He resorted to violence. This sounds like a child that is having a very bad temper tantrum to me. Joe Biden, our current President, didn't put up a fight; the FBI was able to pick up what was needed to do the investigation. He claimed that he didn't know that the documents were there. There's a big difference in the way that highly classified documents are to be handled. They chose to attack Biden, instead of focusing on more important issues. Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, regarding what was on his laptops, was a target as well. Why is it that Republicans choose to target these things, rather than focusing on more important issues? Donald J. Trump's bad behavior gets rewarded. Why is that? We live in a scary world. This is due to our former President, Donald J. Trump. I've never seen anything like this before. It's hard to comprehend why People have to behave this way. It's not fair to be disrespectful. You shouldn't criticize or judge somebody. Unless you have been walking in their shoes, you have no reason to do that. When you're on a disability, don't expect them to hold down a job; some are not able to. Having a disability isn't always visible, it doesn't mean that They are capable of working. When a person is diagnosed with a mental illness, including me, doesn't mean that we're not disabled. There is a stigma out there that goes along with this disease. I have a relative that mentioned to my special man that I didn't really have a mental illness. When I heard her say that, I couldn't believe my ears. I was hurt. She believed that I was able to work, just like everybody else. I was fortunate to have been able to work for ten years with the government. I was put on probation for six months because I was too slow. Since I wasn't able to improve my speed, I would be laid off, and, sure enough, they let me go. I worked for the County Government and the City Government. I was living in Tucson, Arizona, at the time. The medication that I was taking, affected the creative side of my brain. It was frustrating for me because I felt like a zombie; or, like I was in La La Land. I felt tired most of the time. I felt like I was one-hundred years old. It was awful to feel this way. Let's get back to the topic of highly classified items. When I worked for the government, if something was labeled as confidential, it was locked up so that we couldn't have access to them. We were not allowed to take them home with us. If we were caught having them, we would have lost our job. It was as simple as that. I heard on the news that Joe Biden is also refusing to let go of his highly classified documents. It makes me wonder what's going on. Why are they withholding information from us? This sounds very suspicious. Sounds like a lot of secrets are kept in the wrong hands. It's no wonder that we're walking on eggshells, living in constant fear, not knowing from one day to the next, when bombs will be dropped. Vladimir Putin doesn't care what happens to us human beings. We are game to him; he wants us all to vanish from this earth. Why does he think that we're so bad that we shouldn't exist on this earth? How come he is so hateful? What has possessed him to stoop so low? Doesn't he know that he'd be a lonely man with nobody to talk to? Isolation is a feeling of abandonment. It's in the middle of nowhere; a feeling of emptiness when a heart is broken. It's this void of absence that makes me ask, "What did I do wrong?" "It wasn't my fault." "I tried my best, but, my best wasn't good enough." I almost wanted to give up, but I persevered. Congratulations! I didn't know that I had it in me but found out that I did. Now I feel good. This is the intention. I'm glad it worked. Highly classified items are to be locked up. Use a combination lock with a key for security. Your access code should be kept in a secure place. No one should have access to these documents except for you. This is important for security purposes. Don't lose them. Written by Anna Marie Carlson Saturday, January 28, 2023 |