A Series of Shorts on Worthlessness

Curb in tunnel 94/394

In the tunnel on 94 just south of 394, there are curbs before the walls. What are you protecting, WHO are you protecting. Is it for me, or for the walls? I’ve never seen anyone fixing you, but you look immaculate. I can’t tell, but I think you may be worthless.

Tow trucks

Your job is to steal my property, tell me that you stole it, and then sell it back to me. I don’t know how this is legal. Your existence is mostly that of pain and hatred. Does pulling a car from a ditch repent for your sins? Maybe you’re worthless too.

My reproductive self

My gender is like a lazy farmer. We just plant the seeds, then sit and watch. We do not water the garden, pull the weeds, or even own the land. We just wait and let someone else do it.

I’m not worthless, but I wish I could do more.

Racism

Even raised in a forward thinking, liberal home, I still find myself making assumptions about others based on what they look like, and it pisses me off. Maybe I’m mad because I don’t know who to blame, or because it makes me feel like an ass. Either way, I have to keep challenging my inherent beliefs, because they aren’t fair. Racism is worthless.

Ageism

Regardless of someone’s physical age, they all have something they know, something that hurts, a favorite pair of pants, a preferred shower temperature, a line of a song that gives them the chills. Whether someone looks 81 or 18 they matter. I want to stop judging others based on the depth of their wrinkles. Ageism is worthless.

Voting yes*

Amendments should be passed to give rights, not to strip them. Gay marriage is already illegal in our state, but people feel the need to stop the conversation. and it’s not just about getting different tax rates, or some on-paper way to be with someone… it’s about getting MARRIED; that final step of a relationship that is the first step of a life together. My best friend is the smartest and most talented person I know. He happens to be gay. I can’t imagine looking him in the eye and telling him, “I do not believe that you should be able to get married.” Not just because of how hurtful it would be to say that I don’t think he deserves a basic human right, but because I think he will be an amazing husband for someone someday. These civil rights will be granted. Maybe not tomorrow, or next year, but soon.

Voting yes on the marriage amendment is more than worthless, it is hateful.

*This is about the proposed amendment in Minnesota to define marriage as "between one man and one woman." I am happy to report that the amendment did not pass.