in 1998 when they found

the gay body of matthew shepard

his face was bloodied all over

except for two stripes

perpendicular

which is where his tears

had flowed

on that day the cyclist

who found him did not

call the police immediately

because matthew’s body

was so deformed

that the cyclist thought he’d seen

a scarecrow

 

last saturday in são paulo

a group of men

and two officers of the military police

killed laura

not without torturing

her first laura

was seen still alive

by another person

who recorded

and posted on youtube the video

of laura disorientated

and who wouldn’t be

blood spewing from the mouth and from the back

of her dress?

 

laura has a body

and a name that belong to her

laura de vermont (present!)

was murdered

by men

by the state

and by our indifference

at the age of 18

on a saturday.