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'Margaret, I write to you...'

Poem: To Margaret Fell, in prison

'Margaret, I write to you...'

by Steve Day 17th January 2025

Margaret, I write to you,

XR is the name I wear.

In another time you would too

I know you really cared

about Earth and its wilderness,

about animals and plants;

women like us can’t confess

to being deviants.