when asked how to avoid being seen as racist: A Poem by Matthew E. Henry
to answer / your question, those with a legitimate / worry should avoid petting zoos and farms
Matthew E. Henry
Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of the poetry chapbooks Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag) and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press). His full-length collection, the Colored page, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications. The editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal, MEH’s recent poetry and prose is appearing or forthcoming in The Florida Review, Massachusetts Review, New York Quarterly, Ploughshares, Poetry East, Shenandoah and Zone 3. MEH’s an educator who received his MFA yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. You can find him at www.MEHPoeting.com writing about education, race, religion, and burning oppressive systems to the ground.