By Button Poetry
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Angelica Maria Aguilera, performing at Button Poetry Live, June 2019.
Transcript provided by YouTube:
00:02
My body is elected president,
00:04
and Planned Parenthood is Alabama’s new headquarters.
00:08
Angsty girl bands are appointed our national security,
00:12
who report every sexual assault case a violation to sacred land.
00:18
My body is president,
00:19
and Donald Trump is my personal assistant.
00:22
We donate his money to everyone he pretended to care about,
00:26
while I pay him in “experience.”
00:29
The law enforcement, ICE,
00:31
is actually a truck that gives immigrants free popsicles.
00:34
I build an amusement park for everyone except men
00:37
that want to explain to me something I already know.
00:41
In the White House,
00:43
the cleaning ladies sit in golden armchairs
00:45
and drink sparkling rosé,
00:47
all documents are signed with a Selena Collection lipstick.
00:50
Under this presidency, all native tongues are welcome here,
00:54
and anyone that proclaims, “We only speak English…”
00:58
is met with, “Seriously? You only speak one language?
01:02
Lame!”
01:03
My body is elected president with makeup, without makeup,
01:06
intoxicated, sober, in a miniskirt, in a pantsuit,
01:10
and each one is given a handshake and salute at the front door.
01:15
My body is elected president,
01:17
and, be aware, ladies and gentlemen,
01:19
that this election yielded stiff competition.
01:23
Not to be overlooked is my stubborn opponent’s shame,
01:26
my eager contestants, white men,
01:28
and power that runs strong campaigns, but do not win this race.
01:34
I am told I am entering a “pro-life” election,
01:38
and I spray paint all of the flags red.
01:41
I am told my contestant says we need build a wall, so we do,
01:46
and him, along with all of his supporters, get left on the outside without papers.
01:52
At my inauguration, I do not thank the men
01:56
for finally allowing me a seat at the table.
01:59
Instead I thank all the women that taught me how to stand.
02:04
I write a new legislation,
02:06
where this body is not only recognized on XL magazines or “Missing” flyers,
02:12
but seated behind the resolute desk,
02:15
the Oval Office, an honored host of its company, my fellow citizens.
02:21
God bless this land, with seas made in the image of my hips–
02:26
wide and full of promise.
02:30
Thank you,
02:31
and God bless the United States of America.
02:37
Thank you.
02:38
(cheers and applause)
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