still dark
in the morning garden
barking dogs
© Rachel Green November 2022
"honour his last wishes," they said,
but he wanted to be buried
in the churchyard of his childhood home
as if the years of racism and homophobia
somehow made him closer to God
but then, he was Christian,
where xenophobia is part and parcel of belief
and hatred is just another word
for faith
© Rachel Green November 2022
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