too cute to ignore?

you’re thinking about it

just once
i want to walk into a room
and not have to scan it first
to see if there's space for me
or if i'm the afterthought again
inclusion shouldn't feel like asking for scraps

sometimes i just sit here thinking
how much better everything would be
if we actually included people instead of just saying we do
actually made space
instead of the polite version where we pretend the table’s big enough