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zaria
is on page 26 of 272
it’s hard to keep a clean shirt clean
‘what’s anyone of us to do / about what’s done’
‘water as transparent / as a wish the moon stayed out / all day’
last poem for a little while
‘holidays do loosen up the holocaust’
‘i would go pray a sorrow Songmy song / but the last time i looked the american flag was flying / from the center of the crucifix.’
— Jan 31, 2026 10:36AM
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‘what’s anyone of us to do / about what’s done’
‘water as transparent / as a wish the moon stayed out / all day’
last poem for a little while
‘holidays do loosen up the holocaust’
‘i would go pray a sorrow Songmy song / but the last time i looked the american flag was flying / from the center of the crucifix.’
zaria
is on page 26 of 272
focus in real time
‘a bowl of rice / as food / as politics / of metaphor / as something valuable and good / or something common to consume/exploit/ignore’
‘who will sit beside the bowl or fight for rice / who will write about the hands that hold the bowl / who will want to own the land / a bow of rice’
— Jan 31, 2026 10:26AM
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‘a bowl of rice / as food / as politics / of metaphor / as something valuable and good / or something common to consume/exploit/ignore’
‘who will sit beside the bowl or fight for rice / who will write about the hands that hold the bowl / who will want to own the land / a bow of rice’
zaria
is on page 20 of 272
poem about my rights
‘i am not wrong; wrong is not my name’
— Jan 31, 2026 10:13AM
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‘i am not wrong; wrong is not my name’
zaria
is on page 7 of 272
who look at me
‘(when they finally sit down / who will stand up /for them?)’
‘i am // impossible to explain / remote from the old and new interpretations / and yet / not exactly’
‘see me darkly covered ribs / around my heart across my skull / thin skin protects the part / that dulls from longing’
‘to begin is no more agony / than opening your hand’
— Jan 31, 2026 09:54AM
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‘(when they finally sit down / who will stand up /for them?)’
‘i am // impossible to explain / remote from the old and new interpretations / and yet / not exactly’
‘see me darkly covered ribs / around my heart across my skull / thin skin protects the part / that dulls from longing’
‘to begin is no more agony / than opening your hand’
Bloodorange
is on page 111 of 272
"On the Black Family" -
..
against the tyrannical soldierly sins
of the ones who beautify plastic and steel
and who fly themselves high on the failure to feel
— Dec 30, 2025 09:47AM
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against the tyrannical soldierly sins
of the ones who beautify plastic and steel
and who fly themselves high on the failure to feel
Bloodorange
is on page 104 of 272
...a middle-American of
moderate means with a two-car family
that is falling apart in a respectable
civilized
falling apart
mind-your-manners manner
— Dec 30, 2025 09:37AM
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moderate means with a two-car family
that is falling apart in a respectable
civilized
falling apart
mind-your-manners manner
Bloodorange
is on page 93 of 272
"Moving towards Home" - a very powerful poem on The Sabra and Shatila Massacre (September 16–18 1982)
— Dec 30, 2025 03:06AM
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Bloodorange
is on page 91 of 272
"Case in Point" - "silence peculiar to the female", silence of a woman being raped
— Dec 30, 2025 02:59AM
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Bloodorange
is on page 45 of 272
"Letter to the Local Police" - absolutely love!
— Dec 30, 2025 01:43AM
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Bloodorange
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"Letter to the Local Police" - absolutely love!
— Dec 30, 2025 01:43AM
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