Signs of the Time

We listened

to Nikki Giovanni

read poems

of love and resistance

at Chicago Public library

Outside queens and dykes

danced in streets

illuminated with rainbows

We joined and kissed

in front of a yelling man

with a sign

reading God Hates Fags

In memory of my dear friend Tracey, with love.

NaPoWriMo Day 12! For Izy’s prompt to the Real Toads SIGNS OF THE TIME. I am not posting a photo of the sign referenced in this photo. We all know what it looks like.