"Me, Asthmatic, Immunocompromised, Black, Discuss Coercion Under The Pandemic" by D'mani Thomas

ABOUT THE POEM:
"This piece was hard to write. There was a certain level of care that needed to come across after several months of worry, and when I say "care", I don't just mean an excruciatingly explicit recap of events, rather a tender analysis. In a year, we've had: orange skies, police terror, more police terror, a pandemic and so many other things. The question I asked myself was: how do I talk about the details on a more personal level? How do I cousin the big and small?" -D'mani Thomas

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