Ha. Equality.
What an absolute f a n t a s y.
When did we become so a d v a n c e d

that we discriminate based on colour




and orientation

and gender?

“We’re all human.”


It seems as though those words
have l o s t all meaning.

Ask the mother, father, sister, or brother
and they’ll tell you how i n h u m a n we are.

Does the lack of a chromosome change us?

Does the shade of our bodysuit scare us?



Does the inevitability of love separate us?

Ask the victim and they’ll say n o
ask the a t t a c k e r and they’ll say yes.

If humanity is so terribly tainted

with the blood of the innocent
— are we entitled to the awareness of our choices?
How are we better than the creatures



we discriminate a g a i n s t?

Because the concept of equality doesn’t h i t you

until you’re breathing your l a s t breath,
snatching somebody else’s f u t u r e
and w r e c k i n g your own.