I Would Rather Fight Ignorance

This is a poem I wrote recently in response to what can hardly be called an actual conversation with someone regarding their uneducated stance on my "vicious" (albeit obedience-titled) pit bulls, and all dogs "like them."  I read it on my 'fridge almost daily because, as you might agree, it applies to so many other things, and reminds me to keep on keepin' on.




I would rather sit in the sand than a lawn chair.
I would rather walk in the woods with my arms bare.
I would rather fight ignorance than stupidity;
And when it comes to you
One hundred times over...
I'd rather be me.

You procreated?  Congratulations.
You went to school?  That's education.
You traveled the world?  Then salutations.
You got a degree?  Happy graduation.

Sit on your highly educated horse and insult me?
I wonder... what's your legacy?

-Cassie-Leigh Stock

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