identity politics
love is patient, caring, and kind
except for when it comes to gay loversÂ
and street lovers working in dark alleys
civil rights extends to cis-gendered bodies
but not to trans-bodies (of color)
whom god despises despite loving all
and all can be forgiven if they’re cis-gender, heterosexual, and believing.
equity, not equality
my mama and her black jesus taught me that the race is not for the swift
nor the battle for the strong/ but for those who endure until the end
but what happens to us who are shot down and killed by police?
what happens to the bodies murdered and dismembered by bigots?
how do they endure when their lives are cut short/
they receive no justice/ and the holiest of holies is too pure for them
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