I do not consent to silence to war to brutality
to fear to tyranny to men to women to the Bible
to Eve to Adam to the serpent to God to the Devil
to anyone who cannot pronounce my name
to any angel who comes to me as flame to anyone
who would not hold my feet in their lap
to anyone who is too hard too weak too afraid
too comfortable with cruelty to anyone who claims
to be a savior while spitting in my face to anyone
who is not angry to anyone who is not fatigued
by the same terrible story the same murder
the same injustice the same genocide the same war
the same destruction the same empire who wants
someone to catch it as it falls like a tear
