Orlando's Fire
The world is on fire.
And I feel the need to write. All I can do is write.
Yet our words feel so inadequate in the face of the massacre
in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. All
responses appear to fall short. Every word misses the mark.
49 people were murdered.
We must be more specific in our remembrances. When giving voice to memory we must avoid abbreviations. 49 young, primarily Latino, gays, lesbians, bisexuals,
transgenders, queers, or questioning, and perhaps straight, human beings were
massacred. 49 souls were taken from
their families, from their friends, from their community. And 53 were injured.