Renee Nicole Good

Yes.
We see the irony.

A white woman is murdered and suddenly poets are building platforms.
Cool.
Not great.
Not lost on us.

Poets of color:
If you want to drag us about that and submit a poem?

Please do both.

Write about Renee.
Write about every name the news skipped.
Write about the hierarchy of grief.

We’re late.
We’re here.
We’re not pretending otherwise.