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Aerik Francis is a Queer Black & Latinx poet and teaching artist based in Denver, Colorado, USA. They have poetry published widely, links of which may be found at their website phaentompoet.com. Find them on social media @phaentompoet
Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis’s “Preamble” adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions.
