Lucky

White privilege is not luck
Gender privilege is not luck
Privilege is not luck

There was no lottery system
There were no bingo cards

This system was built
To further the privilege
Of those who learned to float first

The system was built
On civilizing the savages
By adopting those “savage” ways

You’re lucky you’re white
You’re lucky you’re straight
How the hell does that work?

How can you say lucky
When you’re the ones who chose?

Dark skin does not
Inherently
Make life difficult

You Do

Penis or vagina?
Yes.
Wrong!

Says who?

You Do

This was not a luck of the draw
This was
Purposeful.
Systematic.
Savage.

This was not luck
This was not chance
This was not god

No

Unless your god
Happened to be
The men who stood
Aloft piles of the “unlucky”
To claim the higher ground

Luck is not at fault