The PoeTry oF JusTIce unbound I refuse to buy in to the notion that violence and greed and lust and complete and utter disregard for the personhood of others is just a natural state of being don't tell me not to get so angry and impassioned because angry doesn't even begin to describe the depth and breadth of my rage mixed with sorrow sack-cloth and ashes my screams would rend the very fabric of the universe were I to unleash this storm within me uncensored the margin this nightmare do not say a word -Jenuine Poetess is the founder of Waco Poets Society and In the Words of Womyn (ITWOW) International, a global writing-circle project. Her debut collection, BloodStories: a Cycle of 28 Poems was published by Yellow Chair Press in 2016. Jenuine holds and protects space for creative expression "because courage is contagious and there is medicine in your me too." She calls herself a "midwife of truths" who "practices unsilence." You can find her online at www.jenuineartworks.com and @JenuineArtworks. don't tell me to calm down not to get so worked up don't tell me how to feel about a world so upside down so selfish so misguided that we have criminalized the destitute the hungry the orphaned the refugees the survivors don't tell me anything until you are right here in the rank in the filth in the injustice the grief the pain Right: This is the photo submitted by Jenuine Poetess of Waco, TX, with her poem, "don't say a word." Baptist Peacemaker jul-sep 2017 11http://www.jenuineartworks.com