It goes both ways.
If a bakery or a florist
can refuse to serve gay people
then a restaurant
can turn away a woman
who defends the president's
policy of child separation
and his consideration
of stripping the grown-ups
of their right to a fair trial.
And anyone calling for civility now
needs to be sure their request
goes to the people
who are denying civil rights.
This poem © 2018 Emily Cooper.
