Line lifted: “she heard the whir of parrot wings” by Margarita Engle

We fight on…

50 years have been erased as some try to cancel “she

Will WE ever again be heard?

Yes! Our fight has been renewed, the

Message of our inequality will whir

Over and over, travel east to west, the sound of

Our voices will resemble a parrot

Our strength will give power to our traveling wings

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In Memoriam of My Mother

Peonies of pink are a childhood foundation.

An angel who is not fueled by regulation

Treats and trinkets you lavished upon your every growing tribe

Remembering infinitesimal dates of others used to describe

Into generations your memory will take hold of

Children were the propeller of your love

I miss you daily while your photograph I gaze

Absence of you is my minotaur’s maze