English is a stupid language

I cry because my love could lose her livelihood for loving me and yet she loves

I cry because to live is a gift I thought was curse and now I refuse to die

I cry because today we are not great, but someday we could be good

Is violence all we now know

Can we know now how to stop this

Can we turn a table upside down

Down is up is what is the upside

What is the inside of a killer

Is their DNA barbed wire

Why’re we like this

I

Resist

I

Wrap

My

Heart

In

Ace

Bandages

I

Tuck

Bra

Cups

In

My

Boxers

I

Persist

I

Am

Jazz

My

Sex

Is