Author: Karen

GIFT IDEAS FOR

your children

who refuse to stay at home because

they believe

Black Lives Matter

Lab goggles to protect from tear gas, pepper spray and mace

Bottles of water or milk to dilute the effects of tear gas, pepper spray or mace

N 95 masks (good luck) or cloth masks with filters and hand sanitizer to protect against Covid 19

PRAYER

because NO

• mask
• goggles
• hand sanitizer

WILL PROTECT THEM

AGAINST

• Batons
• Rubber bullets
• REAL BULLETS FIRED BY THE FORCES OF TYRANNY

REFUSE TO BE SILENT

SILENCE IS COMPLICITY

karen

now is the time for Light
as the Sun sets early
and shadows lengthen
now is the time for Light
as the year draws to its end
and our lives also
now is the time for Light
place a candle
in your window
welcome the Stranger
coming Home
now is the time for Light

karen

the last night of summer

geese fly overhead
complaining
on this peaceful evening
when the sun has set
leaving light to fade behind the trees
crickets sing a requiem
for day
another season slips away

karen

i renounce the rules

of lying down and getting up and sitting in the city gate

i renounce the rules

of who may go and who may stay and who may speak about it

rules are not for such as me

who stir the water of complacency

and dance as the sun goes down

karen