Because
we have few means,
of dealing
with the night,
a door crashes open.
Closes.
with a woman standing barefoot at the airport,
in pajamas and handcuffs
with isolated instances. Rogue police officers
have never been isolated,
or dealt with
in any systematic way.
Clementine E. Burnley is a mother, writer, and community worker. In 2018 she was published in Emma Press Anthology of Britain, loss lit magazine, and die Neue Rundschau. You can find her on twitter @decolonialheart