these
paper
shoulders
crease
crumple
pucker
powder
from
catching
the
tears
of
the
world.
yours are made
of
stronger stuff.
these
paper
shoulders
crease
crumple
pucker
powder
from
catching
the
tears
of
the
world.
yours are made
of
stronger stuff.
when
frayed books
in
frayed schoolbags
become
an Official Threat
at an Official Whim
when
a made-in-china
mass market
fickle prop of play
becomes
an
unmade-in-jenin
12-year-old Man
when a little girl
‘scared to death’
according to the
Official Transcript
is ‘shot to death’
instead
and three-year-olds
who won’t sit still
could lead
to
“confirmation of a kill”
I wait for my
baby cousin
to ask-
“they shoot children don’t they?”
What did the viviparous tell the oviparous?
It’s not fair, I never get laid.