something to say in 2020
Debra J Stone
i’m the woman with the hebrew name that means
queen bee
because my mama always said i was
her first born
i will never hear queen bee again
because breast cancer silenced her forever
something to say something to say
i don’t know if this poem is answer to floyd
because I can’t talk about the dead black man
because i can’t talk about the dead black women
brown
indigenous women
voices loss in the me too
with pearl drop tears all eyes focused on them
you know what i’m talking about when I say them
ain’t i a woman
what to say what to say
my words a mangled mess
my writing studio will not do
i sit in the teardrop trailer in the driveway a covid refuge waiting
something to say something to say
i don’t know what to say