THE SHIRT WITH BLOOD ON ITS HANDS

 

THE SHIRT WITH BLOOD ON ITS HANDS

FOR MISSING AND MURDERED

INDIGENOUS WOMEN

My brother brings me this shirt

and says, Wear it tomorrow.

Looking at it, watching TV,

I say,

That’s a tough shirt to put on.

He looks at me, and asks,

Why is that?

Jim Bodeen

July 4, 2022