“Every corner has a cop [coddling a liquor store]. Protecting their Notion of freedom. // My neighborhood eats fear. Mothers are getting // handcuffed & harassed. Homes are being Crushed [like cigarette butts]. Everyone I know Hates the racist police & wants a revolution.” PoetryFearPoemRacismPolicePolice BrutalityPolice Harassment Author:Christopher Soto
“I WONDER IT HEAVEN GOT A GAY GHETTO Lorde know(s) cis-hets don`t like me Baldwin know(s) how white homos exoticize me I hope heaven got a gay ghetto Where my QPOC family don`t feel shame Don`t feel too brown or black Or femme or phat Don`t get shame for being free Don`t get lonely, don`t get sa(i)d You know, he`s gunna meet white jesus Shiet, he probably already got a picure with white jesus signed and framed on his wall Mother Mary // Virgin Mother // fucker” HeavenPoemDiversityLgbtqia Book:Sad Girl Poems Source: Sad Girl Poems
“I WONDER IF HEAVEN GOT A GAY GHETTO Lorde know(s) cis-hets don`t like me Baldwin know(s) how white homos exoticize me I hope heaven got a gay ghetto Where my QPOC family don`t feel shame Don`t feel too brown or black Or femme or phat Don`t get shame for being free Don`t get lonely, don`t get sa(i)d You know, he`s gunna meet white jesus Shiet, he probably already got a picure with white jesus signed and framed on his wall Mother Mary // Virgin Mother // fucker” HeavenPoemLgbtqia Book:Sad Girl Poems Source: Sad Girl Poems
“[Let the bears devour our enemies]. We have no obligation To open // ourselves // for those who do us harm.” LovePoetryHatePoemHarmEnemies Author:Christopher Soto