all the celebrities were walking by 
the reporter asked how would you
describe yourself? they all replied 
           “timeless”
barely taking the time to stop 
but not khan younis - he stopped 
looked the reporter dead in the eye 
and told everything he was about
some of us don’t have the pleasure 
of timelessness - some of us 
have to explain ourselves 

A Practical Appraisal of Palestinian Violence – Steve Salaita
— Read on stevesalaita.com/a-practical-appraisal-of-palestinian-violence/

a late daughtering. 
a late offering to didi. 
didi being short for diana. 
a statue the goddess or the man who knew 
i fixed a bead on the containment of all human emotions. slowly tried to breathe but found every efforts cut short cut dreams cut grasses savory lights beamed lights in from above the headlamps and flashlight and hedonists came all at once and we thought it was a coincidence, don’t blame me i was young and trusting, don’t blame me i am still too trusting too young it seems to know 
how to fight this thing effectively. 

my mother 
                   is learning to play
all the things she couldn’t play 

my mother
                  is learning to say
all the things she couldn’t say 

and i 
         am witness 
to this glorious glorious woman 

whatever we make 
we make together 

       i am witness