Chris Tran, a graduate student in the MAWP program, had her poem “Look At Us” published in the Chicago Sun-Times this past weekend. The poem is a response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officials and a tribute to her:
Say her name, / Renee Nicole Good. / Remember her name, / Renee Nicole Good. / Look at us and insist / All of this is meant for good.
You brand her a domestic terrorist, / But herein lies: / Beloved mother and wife / Daughter / Neighbor / Poet
Justify your murder / To her orphaned 6-year-old son / To her mother outliving her child / To her neighbors holding vigil. / Rationalize your lethal force Upon the unarmed.
George Perry Floyd — / His blood colors your putrid hands. / Renee Nicole Good — / No peace, only crimson.
Congrats, Chris!
