Seeking Justice (2 poems)

Author's Note:  I've never combined two poems in the same post before but these works seemed so related to me I figured I would try it.  The following are found poems.  Both are electronic communications from allies whose words and opinions I've come to value.

Picture of Me, Unbeknowst

	This  is   icture is a picture of me taken the day of SMUG vs. Lively  trial.   It was taken without my knowledge by someone from Mass  Resistance, aLGBT hate group, who was there to support equally anti-LGBT pastor Scott Lively as his lawyer motioned to dismiss a  lawsuit broughtby a Ugandan LGBT group.   They also hate me,  personally, because  I don't fit their warped stereotype of an  LGBT person.

Source material: Mike Volkman's response to my Facebook post.  This response was sent at approximately midnight on January 15, 2013 EST.

So they like lipstick

lesbians and bull dykes;

 those are okay to hate

in the normal way,

but you are way off the charts

and they just don't know how to protect

the world from you?

 What kind of prayers can they come up

 with for your salvation?

 They can't figure that one out.

 

Breathe and Entreat 

Author's Note: I was supposed to attend this trial, but ongoing health concerns prevented my attendance.  This poem is my attempt to invoke the good well of the universe on behalf of Charles.

Source material: Daniel Keefe's e-mail of January 15, 2013 at 7:29 PM EST

 

Hello Friends - 

We are on the home stretch

of the Commonwealth v. Charles Wilhite trial.

 The prosecution, led by

Assistant District Attorney Blake Rubin

 finally rested their case today.

 Rubin belabored EVERYTHING

 day after day after day,

proving little.

Today, the defense introduced their case

 with refreshing crispness and punch.  

Tomorrow (Wednesday) the defense will rest

 their case, both sides will present closing arguments ,

and the judge will ask the jury to deliberate. 

We are so close to the end, but we are not there yet.

 We need to maintain our presence at the courthouse

tomorrow.  

Please join us a second-to-last time

 in the courtroom (the final time will be when the jury

announces the verdict) to show the world our support

for Charles and his family.  

We will be congregating on the sidewalk

outside the courthouse at 8:00 am for

a quick energizing loud and vibrant rally,

followed by court proceedings at 9:00am.  

Join us when you can!  

If you can't attend, you can do other things:

post on facebook, tweet, send positive vibes, pray.   

So many people have attended parts of the trial

(i'd guess there have been close to 150 different people).  

Thank you to everyone who has attended, in body

 and in spirit.

 We are almost there!  

Charles is almost there.  He has been

unjustly

imprisoned for 3 years, 3 months, and 29 days.

 We have heard this quote

 many times over the course

 of this campaign,

but now, on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr,

it takes on special meaning: 

"The arc of the moral universe is long,

but it bends toward justice."  

keeping my fingers crossed - 

Dan