I'm not angry, just honest

I went to a poetry reading last week and the poet, Chrystos, wrote a poem about being angry at all of the injustice in the world and how most people will just sit around and bitch but not really do anything. She said that after the poem was released someone asked her why she was so angry. Her response? "I'm not angry, just honest". Damn! I just wanted to run up and give her a high 5! I hate that people say I'm negative and angry, I don't see it that way. I consider myself to be honest when I see injustice. When I see it I point it out. On second thought, I am angry. Angry that there are kids who don't have enough to eat and I worry about having too much. Angry because I wonder if I'll be able to go shopping with my tax refund while there are women and children being physically abused in their homes right now. I'm pissed that my government wants to take more money from my hard earned paycheck for taxes...but don't really tell me what said taxes pay...It makes me angry that the government officials are the ones running around in $60,000 cars and can afford to pay the outrageous gas prices. To all those who say I'm angry, you are correct...maybe the problem isn't that I'm angry, but that you aren't angry enough.