30 til 31 Communities: Texas Emergency Mutual Aid
TEXAS
I’ve written a little about the house fire that happened to me three months ago and that I am still experiencing. As I follow the news coming out of Texas all that I can think about is how long this will be happening to people.
After the snow has melted.
After the pipes are unfrozen.
After the lights come back on
people will have to put their lives back together
they will have to figure out
how to live
in houses that continue to sag
under the weight of the state—the nation’s—neglect and basic disregard
for human life
People who were already living
at the literal and figurative edge
are being pushed off
into the air and
asked to fly
when their wings have been clipped
their feathers plucked and
used to decorate
the state rooms of their capitals which were deserted by
“leaders” who left just before the chaos that they knew was coming.
How? How? How?
How will they survive it?
We will catch them and
make soft landing places
We will wrap them in blankets
knit together by our grandmothers’
prayers
We will listen
to the land’s demands
we will burn
what no longer serves us
we will use the ashes and
make them into offerings
we will build a new
and we will begin doing it now
in every small way
we can
we will
we will
we will will it
Swipe to see lists of mutual aid funds supporting folks in Texas. Other ways to support include: phone banking, amplifying information, making a personal commitment and a plan to organizing in your communities. The future will be what we make it.
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