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MAYA WILLIAMS
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​Current Triggers
Black girl
    is depressed.
 
Black people
    call depression "white" to fit only one solid banner.
 
Black girl
    realizes why that is with recent events.
 
Japanese man
    hangs by a noose in Suicide Forest.
 
White American boy
    makes commodity off of Japanese man’s misery under the guise of
    suicide prevention awareness.
 
White American boy
    takes time off to "reflect" on harmful impact of "good intentions."
 
White American boy
    is trending more than those who work in
    suicide prevention awareness.
 
White liberal reporters
    shout the song of "mental instability" to debunk despicable
    white man’s right to office.
 
White liberal reporters
    forget how similar the record plays for other
    white men who commit acts of violence.
 
White celebrities’ suicides
    are trending on social media.
 
Editor
    asks black girl to write about them
    while they are still trending.
 
Black girl
    wonders why they should be trending in the first place.
 
Black girl
    wonders why her triggers matter only when they’re trending.
 
Black girl
    wonders why her triggers are more digestible from
    white people’s mouths.
 
Black girl
    realizes why she is writing about death again.
 
Black girl
    has trouble coming to terms with death
    reviving in her work whether she likes it or not.

MAYA WILLIAMS is a poet residing in Portland, Maine. She has had her poetry published in online spaces such as AltFem, The Tempest, and INTER. She has a Masters in Social Work and Certificate in Applied Arts & Social Justice. Find her on twitter and instagram @emmdubb16.
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