Brittany Mishra’s poem from last week’s Tuesday Zoom edition of the Work is so important that I have decided to share it here. Brittany writes, Please share widely. The more people that know this, maybe the sooner we can make this place better.”
United States of—
While the West was burning—
while tall, white orders were being signed—
a child was married to a man.
Sometimes, modern still has the same m sound as medieval.
All this time, I’ve believed in possibility—
I’ve lived in possibility. But this— this is really where we are—
***Unchained At Last, an organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the United States, found marriage licenses for 232,474 children between 2000 and 2018. Learn more here: https://www.unchainedatlast.org/
Poem by Brittany Mishra
PRINTED MATTER VANCOUVER 