Couldn't Be Indifferent Poem by Raj Dronamraju

They wrote to men the following
"Indifference captures a female heart"
But I couldn't be indifferent

I threw rocks at the Statue of Liberty
But I could not get arrested
Blind eye to freedom's upskirt violation

I could not put aside
caring enough for something to want to show it
People and ideas and what history broke and did not fix

The groove I am in used to be a flat surface
That was trod over by what irked me
While I grumbled over what is left at the end of the day for yourself

But the shock transfusion of idealism electrified clogged veins
Made your face perform at a non-consensual theatre
And show your hand to those who also hold cards and have a stake in the game