cloud cover
my new garden wall
threatened
© Rachel Green May 2021
why is it open season
on transwomen and non-binary folk?
The police don't give a shit;
deadname them in reports
and on the news
Twenty four this year
**that we know of**
and who knows how many killed
by well meaning parents, teachers,
Christian advocates and doctors
who refuse to acknowledge
that their lives matter?
Sophie Vásquez, I will sing of you
while the Atlanta police close their files.
No suspects. No-one in custody.
Misgendered and deadnamed
Danny Henson, killed in her own home
in Baltimore, Maryland,
I never knew you, but my heart weeps.
© Rachel Green May 2021
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