P U L S E (2016)
Pulse
Beating hearts
Excitement
Beating fast
Music Throbbing
Lights Strobing
Bodies Moving
BANG BANG BANG
What's going on?
Pulse quickens --
Place to hide?
I shivered
Quick SMS -- Under attack !
I cried
BANG
Pulse slows
Pain enfolds
Vision fades
Music goes
Blood flows
Pulse stops
Sirens Blaring
Flashlights searching
Corpses limp.
People Sobbing
Sobbing
BANG
Why?
A Brief History of Erasure:
ORL, FL to KS and beyond.(2026)
by John Fairlamb
It was ten years ago
The Attack on Pulse
Some say it was the beginning of the rot.
Forty Nine lives lost
Orlando, Florida was Ground Zero
People out having a good time,
Dancing, having fun.
Suddenly - out of nowhere -
The percussive sound of a gun.
Because of loud music
Some didn't realise but
But then they saw
Fellow dancers fall to the floor.
Quick, run for cover, hide,
Quick!
The bullets haven't stopped flying:
Sidewalks painted over:
“Let's pretend this massacre never happened!” - FL
Children's books are removed from library shelves:
“We don't want white children to be burdened by unnecessary guilt for slavery.”
“We don't want children confused about gender or family” - FL, TX, etc etc
even now in England
Pride marches and events banned or defunded and Progress Flags no longer flown from municipal and government buildings - USA and in the UK
Trans soldiers discharged en mass from the US Armed Forces.
Trans people told they may not use the public toilets aligned with their genders
as the Supreme Court says “Biology defines your gender” - not understanding that Transness is biological.
Trans people lose their drivers licenses overnight - KS
And the list goes on and on.
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