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"bucking for a raise" PoemA poem written by Susan Sojourner on the topic of the gender pay gap between men and women in the workforce.
"The Bottom Line Keeps Moving Lower Down" PoemA poem written by Susan Sojourner on the expectations on women in the workforce.
"motherhood is disbelieving" PoemA poem written by Susan Sojourner on her thoughts about motherhood.
"Malechildren get in the way" PoemA poem written by Susan Sojourner on her thoughts towards lesbian-feminist separatism against mothers who have sons.
"getting gay" PoemA poem written by Susan Sojourner on the topics of sexuality, self-identity, and social justice.
![](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/18935/archive/square_thumbnails/e9e01bedc9fc5b0efe98092833c3d3e3.jpg?Expires=1738195200&Signature=YE59WYr2c9W7Kyaw9f-KrTZvj5H83W6MRaZ4vuOa42v9uOy6cyU9EuWfh3slOzydlpYZFxA2XkRO6TNI7llSe-UZYLmV%7Eqh3A6QGN08onmlkyRW5b99mdrvqNAPZoF5aLTrK%7E82yD1pn%7ECi-rMoDYQLEaAkkw6p6dkQPeJlA7qeCbvbpnco%7E%7ED7aMFsd-p10Fk2JQtZgu0LpauP7jqEVg1dgpLx3rOvuGBYxkZUe%7EpL-CTXaU2Y6T2CyJ5rArFeQ2krnKoEavmwXVJzyIZXj31PaYvisHK1Js-5tK6qOfOW9Lw6hMdpkAbzVH7LNmsBbiNv-G9xMFTfo-7dArxkVtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "Page 1 of typed poem titled claudia<br /><br />
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claudia didn't get fired for being a lesbian though the idea certainly disgusted george her immediate "superior" harold the personnel director and christina her old college chum whose belief that such proclivities were unhealthy was shared by her colleagues.<br /><br />
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claudia did not get fired for being too fat overweight to the point of massive<br /><br />
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though the chairman knew something was wrong with the new girl being assigned to the front office right outside his door (with senior staff men grimacing in joking astonishment at her size).<br /><br />
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and claudia didn't get fired for being a psychic hearing other voices seeing auras <br /><br />
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she only brought that to the office when asked -- they'd arrange a session over lunch in an empty office (for pay) (a professional psychic).<br /><br />
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but it was only with believers and not the reason claudia was fired.")
"Claudia" PoemA poem written by Susan Sojourner about a lesbian female worker named Claudia who was fired from her job.
![](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/18935/archive/square_thumbnails/0663e97c3ce3e648d8b01cfc3a2f1875.jpg?Expires=1738195200&Signature=gMEfzk%7EimRG4BKsFZle8dpiffo6UIuRNGzmJY10RfACK79bih5B1EbEeqx5f6KbtCisD61lT63LIsXoM43VqNYslP7Sde-gqgqsl-nuVS8NF6ajyDSO9UTeK7SuymTkomoVGAlu2xHiZTlFV5i6I%7EYc9sJD8Wy7osryoN13OhNNsavDQap%7E0RA1X-EP1kyECPzNCRQ7iJBnAp3cMu8jCK0EifBnKEte7UG0cBbuz4df%7EiAqJX1tG7TmR0kWq1Yte6BtZqpwDo3bPOLleDoPov1TFSEsntx4XgJkmSjDSAUbC0v2v7l8qVKGe0qOIYqgTTqddQk7hNw1BRWkqbNlDWg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "typed in memoriam poem titled for miz hamer* who just died<br /><br />
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fannie lou a woman who knew and flew sang and grew pained and knew more and more and more <br /><br />
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and as she grew we also knew but never more than she-- who sparked and flamed spoke and rang and pushed on and on and on through ruleville sunflower the delta and all of mississip up to congers to stake her claim<br /><br />
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so grand and fine big broad warm black bold strong -- miz hamer was her name<br /><br />
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we were glad enriched and full inspired by her being her voice her smile her heart her style her being fannie lou the woman who knew and flew sang and grew pained and knew more and more and more...<br /><br />
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susan sojourner<br /><br />
march/june 1977<br /><br />
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*Fannie Lou Hamer was a black plantation worker then SNCC & civil rights leader dynamic orator & singer, she was one of three Mississippi Freedom Democrats put forward in 1965 to sit in the U.S. Congress instead of the "duly elected" white officials. She was born and raised in Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi where she died in March 1977.")
"for miz hamer who just died" PoemAn in memoriam poem about Fannie Lou Hamer, written by Susan Sojourner.