In High School We Read Dante
by Anna Franciosa
In High School we read Dante
my classmates debate what ring of the Inferno they would end up in
Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, Treachery.
A Kenyan homeless man screams in the street “Free African LGBT.”
A Brother in the States gets a new passport with his new name
cut up with scissors when received in the mail.
I don’t know how to argue what our Sin is,
when it is made so clear
our mere existence is an act of disobedience.
RevUU 