Bernedita Rosinha Pinto Shootings Poems

With faith in their eyes they had gathered to pray
they had not come there to see massacre or hate;
they had themselves vouched to assemble
with peace in their minds and reverence in their hearts;
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What if she was you and you were she in those massage parlors?
what if she had to shoot you when you least expected it?
what if she had grudges against you as an Asian-American?
what if you had done no wrong and you were innocent?
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