Hennessy Garcia led a Black Lives Matter march through Washington Square Park in New York City, during the summer of 2020, toting a loudspeaker and hair scrunchies. As she handed the megaphone off like a torch to people who wanted to voice their thoughts on police brutality and the justice system, a woman unaffiliated with the march made her way to the front and stripped naked. Garcia laughed.
“I think of lovers as trees, growing to and/ from one another searching for the same light . . . i ask did you ever love me?/ you say of course, of course so quickly/ that you sound like someone…