More Synecdoche
I think slurs are more synecdoche than offensive,
just a part of the impression of the whole
man, woman, or race i.e. cracker only sums up
a fraction of a Caucasian, much like no full nigger exists;
only portions; a wop without proof, much like a wetback
is not just a pair of hands or back. Hispanic heritage shoulders
the world of the suits, blondes, and skirts. Skinheads
work in the same fashion, though I hear they curb more often,
like redheads and brunettes, though they don’t gain similar attention.
A Chink, Jap, or Indian, dot or feather, is so much more,
having lost their lands, diseases: the whole, gone,
nothing left but a marker. I wish I could be
the type of synecdoche where you gain the title
of the material made from: condoms are rubbers
and I would finally be America.
I think slurs are more synecdoche than offensive,
just a part of the impression of the whole
man, woman, or race i.e. cracker only sums up
a fraction of a Caucasian, much like no full nigger exists;
only portions; a wop without proof, much like a wetback
is not just a pair of hands or back. Hispanic heritage shoulders
the world of the suits, blondes, and skirts. Skinheads
work in the same fashion, though I hear they curb more often,
like redheads and brunettes, though they don’t gain similar attention.
A Chink, Jap, or Indian, dot or feather, is so much more,
having lost their lands, diseases: the whole, gone,
nothing left but a marker. I wish I could be
the type of synecdoche where you gain the title
of the material made from: condoms are rubbers
and I would finally be America.
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