It is not enough to mention names
to know location of past iniquities
of present torture
when we are called
to remove our feet
from cacophony’s piss; to dance away every lie
that refrains movement
to know location of past iniquities
of present torture
when we are called
to remove our feet
from cacophony’s piss; to dance away every lie
that refrains movement
—
-from “because this whole earth is ours” by Letta Neely
Umoja challenge. My relevant measure of when we will have achieved Black and LGBTQ unity is when Black transwomen and Black genderqueer people are safe, free and cherished everywhere from bathroom to bus stop all times of day and night.
What is your measure?
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