H.R. Webster is the author of WHAT FOLLOWS (Black Lawrence Press, 2022). Her poems can be found in Agni, Ecotone, The Iowa Review, and Guernica. Her work has been supported by the Vermont Studio Center and the Fine Arts Work Center. She lives and works in the Hudson Valley.

REFUSAL

The Punisher

By H. R. WEBSTER

That week a nazi knocked J.P. down/ at the pride parade. ICE agents ate at the restaurant before raiding its kitchen.