A Howling
This article was originally published on Off-Guardian.org on 19 Dec 2022. Painting by S. Shawcross August 2019.
We must greet each other now not by vague kisses in the air off to the side, or handshakes or elbow touching, but by reaching out and touching the cheek of the other.
This is to remind us of how our faces were covered over—muffled, muzzled, muted. We must not forget the way we were and how we chose and choose to be. Of how we chose compassion over judgme…
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