the 16th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences
a hooded
black teenager hops
on the street car
a Muslim girl and I
stand beside him
Atlas Poetica, 15, 2013
Poetic Musings: Bloodied Man Haiku by Chen-ou Liu
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*Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words,* CL: "first casualty of war"
the
bloodied
man
nailed to a wooden cross...