Learning and Unlearning

I am not here to dignify ableism and cruelty with smiling understanding

Even if we survive this, I don’t want a normal life with any of you

Women deserve leadership, remuneration, and free time

I will not be giving my beloved child up so that the economy can chug on

“Let all act responsibly towards my Cherished Ones, and the plague will ease from the Earth.”

A crown of flowers for my inner child on my birthday

We deserve better from our communities, and that will only happen if you turn off your preachy, voyeuristic lens

We honor writers by refusing our own inertia and shallowness.

We can learn to hold two thoughts at once