Dandara dos Santos,
a transgender woman,
Lived in Fortaleza,
Brazil.
Although we know
very little about her,
The fate that befell
her should make you feel ill.
The woman, forty-two years old,
Was dragged from her
home by a cruel group of thugs
Out into the street
of the town
Where she met with
kicks and slugs.
The vicious and
violent attackers beat her--
Also using a plank
of wood--
While she pleaded
and begged for her life
On the cobblestone
street of the neighborhood.
They dumped her into
a filthy wheelbarrow
And took her to an
alley where shortly thereafter
Dandara died from
repeated beatings
Amid cold-blooded
taunts and laughter.
What is wrong with
humanity
That humans can be
so animalistic?
Two hundred
ninety-five transgender people
Were
murdered in a year°--an ugly statistic.
Dandara, most of us
didn't know you,
And yet we know that
you by far
Outvalue the hateful brutes that killed you.
Rest in peace,
wherever you are.
(3-8-17) By Bob B
°From Oct 1, 2015 to Sep 1, 2016, worldwide
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