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Michael Beadle is a poet, author and writer-in-residence living in Raleigh, NC. www.michaelbeadle.com “Equation” is dedicated to 28-year-old Alatiana Jefferson, who was shot and killed by Ft. Worth, TX, police officer Aaron Dean early in the morning on Oct. 12, 2019. She had been playing video games in her mother’s house with her nephew. A neighbor had called police after seeing the front door was open. Dean awaits trial on a murder charge.