Parole Hearing, California Institution for Women, Chino, CA
Because you gaze upon me with pity and contempt, thinking—Oh she is a monster! She is nothing like me.
But I am like you. In my heart that is without pity, I am you.
A Joyce Carol Oates Patchwork
Because you gaze upon me with pity and contempt, thinking—Oh she is a monster! She is nothing like me.
But I am like you. In my heart that is without pity, I am you.
“Still, the earth is your place. A tidy grave site measured to your size. Or, from another angle of vision, one vast democratic grave.”