Monday, March 21, 2022

Poem from excerpts of news articles surrounding the death of Matthew Shepard and the Wyoming State Senate Budget Meeting

 Poem from excerpts of news articles surrounding the death of Matthew Shepard and the Wyoming State Senate Budget Meeting


tied to a rail fence 

on the cold high prairie,

National Outrage 

at the Death of a Fairy


“Ordinary, kid”

left to die 

The loss "never heals," his father told "Nightline."


A promising young life– 

Matthew Shepard

–Cut Short

McKinney left Shepard 

to die

The nation mourns


Wyoming remains “deeply defensive”

“The Laramie Project” deemed too expensive 


Funeral protested by westboro baptists 

“Then they left Shepard 

in the cold frigid darkness”





Wyoming state Senate

Wins vote to cut queer

Senators divided 

This will make their career


to gain knowledge of

oppression 

Educational funding on 

Senate discretion 


direct our funds in a more– 

appropriate manner

–Cut Short

it was passed by a single vote

What are we doing with these courses?


“Senators vote your conscience on this one”

Wyoming constituents stay good and Christian 


social justice theories 

into service and activism

Can we save our students 

from falling for facism


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