LORA RENE TUCKER

GROUPED OUT

Please make these groups interesting, 'cause I am grouped out!
  —Elaine Bartlett, Bedford Hills C.F., September 1997

I'VE BEEN

CHAINED UP /  BANGED UP /  FELT UP

ROUGHED UP /  STUCK UP /  HELD UP

NOW I'M

LOCKED UP.

I HAVE

PUT UP / SHUT UP

SUCKED UP /  TALKED UP

NOW I'M

MESSED UP—

IT'S SO

FUCKED UP.

THEY MAKE ME

STRAP IN /  WALK IN /  SIT IN

TUNE IN /  MOVE IN   /  FIT IN

I FEEL

PINNED IN.

THEN SOMEONE

GETS IN /  PUSHES IN

COMES IN /  PULLS IN

WANTS TO

BLEND IN—

THEY'VE NEVER

BEEN IN.

SO I'M

TURNED OFF /  RIPPED OFF /  SHUT OFF

CUT OFF /  PISSED OFF /  FLUFFED OFF

ALL YOU-ALL SHOULD

FUCK OFF!

'CAUSE I'M

CLEANED OUT /  WASHED OUT /  SQUEEZED OUT

THROWN OUT /  GROSSED OUT / PASSED OUT

READY TO

SHOUT OUT

'CAUSE I'M

GROUPED OUT!

PEACE OUT!

Lora Rene Tucker received her BFA in interior design from syracuse university in 1983, but devoted a great deal of time to her writing and volunteer work in cultural appreciation and race relations. She has featured at venues throughout NYC including: The Brooklyn Moon Café, The Knitting Factory, Telephone Bar, and The Cornelia Street Café. Lora presently works as a substance abuse counselor while pursuing an MSW at Hunter College.