Tuesday, February 13, 2024

( via / me )

Another Room Under Construction.

"today I learned that Edward Said wore a bullet proof vest when he gave talks at The University of Chicago" --@sm_osment

"It is a language that expects to be heard, but one to which we cannot properly respond."

2.
i guess it was sixth grade
that i read about My Lai

Life Magazine
or in the Dallas Morning News

i had ordered a peace sign
that i bought through the mail

& wore it to school
on a thin leather thong

i got threatened with expulsion
if i wore it again

i guess i stopped wearing it
since i was still in school

in tenth grade
when they ended the draft

Tonight, I am looking.

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