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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’
— Jan 31, 2026 10:26AM
‘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’
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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
‘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.’
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poem about my rights
‘i am not wrong; wrong is not my name’
— Jan 31, 2026 10:13AM
‘i am not wrong; wrong is not my name’
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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
‘(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’
