For Muhlaysia
Excerpt of a poem by Anastasia Walker
They beat you under the Texas sun in
A goddamn parking lot, one two four
Eight ten kicking punching howling
Filming so they could pretend
It was everyone and not just them
Who were unmanned
By a beauty that held
A mirror to their squalid smallness
Photo of Trans Pride flag by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash
