Silver strands fall from her high-held head To the hot wood against her feet As fingers comb through what remains Of the locks that had been left to grow Too long, far too long, for too long Another stands above her, younger, Looking down upon her mother, And I observe them–me, a voyeur– Gaze upon […]
To adult, or not to adult? Not, agreed the teenaged leaders of the Never Again movement following the Parkland shooting on Valentine’s Day in 2018. After 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, survivors stepped up to demand action as the adults in charge had failed to prevent the most recent of
