America’s Unpleasantness
By Taylor Hobby
I’m a feminine specimen
I serve genuine medicine
in my messages
emphasis on gentleness
empowering our oneness
never compare our skeletons
exodus our genesis
creating new premises
America’s unpleasantness
carelessness and recklessness
treacherous and harmful
numbing with the bottle
is this what we model
hostile environment
where’s the enlightenment
I am nonviolent
stimulant my chakras
we are like sponges
and love is wondrous
compassion and justice
isn’t so tough
so grab my hand and we’ll make it enough
Born in 1999, Taylor Hobby is openly a part of the LGBTQ+ community and uses they/them/theirs pronouns. In 2021 Hobby joined the acting company LatinX Theatre Project, which is a community-based group performing original work that uplifts and celebrates culture. Hobby was the program director for Take Space-Make Space, a youth program for the juvenile detention center, aimed at uplifting youth through poetry, hip-hop, and storytelling. Hobby also co-created Poetry & Rhythm, an open mic created to encourage the LGBTQIA+ community and other marginalized communities. Hobby was mentored by West Coast legend MURS.
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