This is a poem I wrote last year around this time for a project called “Say Their Names.” This was a collaboration between photographer Donn Young, writer and historian Mike Ogle, and County Commissioner Renee Price. You can Google it if you want to find out more about it.
This was one of my contributions to the project. The poem was me thinking about the MOVE bombing of 1985 on Osage Avenue in Philadelphia; it also includes some thoughts on the revelation that the remains of those killed in the fire were at the University of Pennsylvania and how they studied and disposed of those remains last year.
Click here to view a PDF of the poem.