Sue Coates, Or Else

Sue

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843odEIFlUw

OR ELSE!!
 
I am not ready to be born.
I want to stay where I am for a few more days,
But the system says that it is time.
My mother must comply.
Or else.
So I am dragged with violence into the world.
 
I am not ready to leave my mother.
I want to stay where I am for a few more months,
But the system says that it is time.
My mother must comply.
Or else.
So I am dragged with violence into school.
 
My eyes are not ready to see these images.
They want to play for a few more terms,
But the system says that it is time.
I must comply.
Or else.
So they are dragged with violence to the violent screen.
 
I am not ready to sit all these exams.
I want to learn for a few more terms,
But the system says that it is time.
I must comply.
Or else.
So my brain is squeezed with violence into boxes where it does not fit.
 
I am not ready to submit my body.
I want to stay innocent for a few more years,
But the advertising world says that it is time.
I must comply.
Or else.
So answers are forced with violence to questions I have not yet asked.
 
Or else.
Or else what?
Or else what?
OR ELSE WHAT?
 
NOW I am ready
Ready to think.
I must NOT comply.
OR ELSE…. I AM LOST
 
 
Sue Coates
10.09.2011. after the first day of Maria’s course