Ashley Elizabeth
Dear Black mothers whose children die by white hand
is it hard to serve
a god
who takes your one and only son?
You are not Mary
should not be expected to be okay
with losing a piece of you
with your son as the martyr
unjustly killed
in front of you,
watching.
At least Mary knew
what was coming.
Ashley Elizabeth is the author of the microchap letters from an old mistress (Damaged Goods Press, 2019). Her work has appeared in Bonnie’s Crew, yell/shout/scream, and Zoetic Press, among other journals. Elizabeth is an assistant editor at Sundress Publications; she teaches; habitually posts on Twitter and Instagram (@ae_thepoet); watches dog videos.
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