Status Updates From Rifqa

Falei com Deus mas Deus nunca esteve no meu lugar.
Canta-me uma canção do lar
quebra um ou dois pratos atira uma ou duas pedras
porque os gritos me deixam nostálgico:
quase não receio as sirenes.

“What’s a resumé
to a tank?”

“Grief the teacher and I never learn.”

“I don't have time for contextualization. The journalist interrupts this tragedy to negotiate another. A history whose debris
is still here: What is a fact in Arabic
is debatable in English,
contentious. Thing is, I couldn't care less.
Say evict
& I'll still say theft.
hyperlink them to death. A reporter
asks if I believe in violence. Irony is a constant guest.”