over turn

because we care

so much

about life here

just not if its born

or brown

or black

hails from the east

or an island

or was here first

not if it’s queer

female

school age

elderly

or sick

less able-bodied

neurodiverse

or from any other place

not if it’s poor

unmoored

or without a home

not if it finds itself in the wrong body

or loves a different God

not if it’s animal

plant, insect

or the very earth itself

not if it’s wounds came from war

or were passed down from generations before

or if it speaks a little too much truth

a little too loud

but we care.

oh yes.

we care.

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Joy Lin Wolfe is a Poet, Writer and Somatic Therapist. Her micro-chapbook of poetry, “Almost One, Not Quite Two” is available for download through Ghost City Press. Her work is also featured in an online exhibit entitled Shade in LA which explores the themes of heat, shade, and equity in Los Angeles- www.thenatureofcities.com. She can be found basking under the sun and the moon and the oak trees where she lives in Topanga, California. @joylinwolfe