Moose Hayes's baby sister

His mother was pregnant with this beautiful child when Moose Quanice Hayes was killed by the Portland police in 2017. Donna, his grandmother and my good friend, planned a 22nd birthday party for Moose in the very park where his family celebrated his 15th. We had that birthday party today, with three poets, balloons, streamers, cupcakes, and merriment. One of the poets, Alberto Moreno, began his poem,

We are here to celebrate the life of Quanice Hayes
We want no talk of death today
Nor rancor
Or anger
Nor hate
After all, you do not show up
To a celebration of life with a bouquet of darkness

And so it was. A couple of extras.