For just about everyone who dies
There are those who remember them.
Some not as well as they imagine
But, at least,
With many voices there is the chance,
Some, of identity being recognised.
When there are few voices, or none,
Because entire families,
Communities, cohorts and types,
Are all extinguished at once,
Who can remember them?
As singular identities,
Communities, cohorts or types?
We must.
And doing so,
Identify the extinguishers
And ensure they never pass unrecognised.
They need not be tattooed.