Ronald Regan and I left the hospital on the same day. While my trip was for entry into this horrific mess and his was for surving a political murder, the irony is not lost on me.
I wasn’t at Water Reed, receiving the best care available. I was born in WV, already tainted in pregnancy by theTeflon pumped into our waters. The Devil’s Deadly Deal: the fine print of being a West Virginian.
Born, raised,
fed, and dressed
on DuPont’s dime.
Walk the line.
Wild and Wonderful
Montani semper lerberi
Montani semper fi
to ingenuity, grit,
an honest day’s work.
C8
DuPont
Perfluorooctanoic acid
Per
Floor
O
Octo
Know
Ick!
Acid
MCMH
Freedom Industries
4-Methylcyclohexane methanol
Mike
Low
Cyclo
Hex
Uh
Me
Meth
A
Null.
Agent Orange
Monsanto
Agent of death
Dioxide
Die!
Ox!
Side!
MIC
Union Carbide
methyl isocyanate
Meh
thull
Ice
O
Sigh
A
Nate
Phosgene
DuPont
Carbonyl dichloride
Car
Bon
Nill
Die
Kloor
Ride.
Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster
Mines Galore
Mt. Brook, Red Ash, Masey, Sago
I could list 122 more.
Three Thousand, One hundred and Thirty-two lives
gone
underneath the mountains
of WV.
Countless victims
stories left untold.
Corporate greed
re-writing futures.
Black LUNGS
Cancer
killing constantly.
Consistent only in
its ageless reach.
C (breathe)
O (breathe)
P (breathe)
D (oxygen mask time)
There is something
about re-naming
that reneges
the power.
White-washing
Washington Works
will only do
so much.
Born, raised,
fed, and dressed
on DuPont’s dime.
Walk the line.
Wild and Wonderful
Montani semper lerberi
Montani semper fi
to ingenuity, grit,
an honest day’s work.
These temporal gifts,
left lasting legacy.
Health care,
our new industry.
Heart On Her Sleeve Publications 
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