Meghan Woodward

It all culminates
in this,
masked faces
grabbing brown
people
because they
do jobs
we want
but won’t ever do;
Then magically,
wands in the
wind,
industries get
exceptions
because
capitalism Trumps
humanity—
greed always wins

Meghan Woodward is a poet and app developer residing in Tacoma, Washington, where she spends her time advocating for victims of sexual and domestic violence and loving on her dog and cat.

This poem appears in Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival (The Chaos Section Poetry Project, Fall 2026). We’re sharing each poem from the collection individually over the coming weeks. You can read the full book or download the free PDF here.