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Nine: A Poem

Nine: A Poem

Because 9-year-olds were murdered this week and why is this America's "normal"?

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Sharifa
Mar 29, 2023
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girl holding bowl on grayscale photography
perhaps i should write something ubiquitous
leave blanks
fill in names
photos
for the next time
bullets leave
dead 
children
perhaps i should hold my son

perhaps i should put my cheek to his nose
leave space
feel his breath
still here
for the next time
bullets leave
dead 
children
perhaps i should just move on

perhaps i should keep working
leave grief…

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