Poetry About Inclusion

An invitation means little when the only entrance has stairs. The table grows honest when those once discussed are present to decide. Inclusion is architecture, language, time, budget, and attention. A name pronounced carefully becomes one small room of welcome. Representation opens a door; shared power changes who holds the key. Difference should not require gratitude for basic access.

Inclusion is architecture, language, time, budget, and attention. We ask who is absent before congratulating the full room. Belonging is more than being tolerated at the edge. Design improves when many bodies are expected from the beginning. Listening matters most when it alters the final decision. A community becomes wider by changing its center.

An invitation means little when the only entrance has stairs. Representation opens a door; shared power changes who holds the key. Difference should not require gratitude for basic access. Design improves when many bodies are expected from the beginning. Another chair arrives, and then the table itself is rebuilt. A community becomes wider by changing its center.