A seat at the table

So many have fought and found

A seat at the table, it is an accomplishment profound

Women, people of color, persons with disabilities

Are all supposed to find at crucial tables, seats with ease

Then why does representation still fall short?

Why are they missing more often than not?

There is a table to which they have a right

But is it accessible without a fight?

To enter rooms where such tables exist

Poses barriers too numerous to list

Getting a theoretical seat at the table does not ensure

That discrimination one would not have to endure..

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There is a seat at the table proverbial

But in order to make adequate representation real

Let the voices of minorities make their way

Into the chambers of decision-makers today

Let the tables around which people deliberate

Be accessible to all, let them accommodate

Those who identify as minorities

Let the table have diverse voices, please..