apoem: death penalty penalty death

*written on November 2 at the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Lobby Corp training.

i dreamed of love and justice

execution

is

dead

said

the

fairy

of

texas

i

couldn’t

believe

the

words

proceeding

from

the

window

of

the

truck

then

i

opened

my

eyes

and

awoke

from

my

stupor

i

knew

it

was

just

another

liberal

dream

i

got

up

and

rubbed

my

eyes

and

then

i

knelt

to

pray

i

received

a

vision

that

said

it

was

wrong

to

kill

no

matter

what

the

state

says

love

is

beyond

political

ideology

god

pushed

me

to

work

with

all

to

restore

justice

and

to

all

may

morality

and

justice

be

restored

but

how

to

speak

death

penalty

penalty

death

how

is

there

any

room

for

love

or

grace

left

death

penalty

penalty

death

how

can

the

morality

of

murder

be

contingent

on

who

carries

it

out

death

penalty

penalty

death

life matters even in Texas