Tag: life

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Writing from home
Michele Hirsch

10/7

I could be you could be me.
Washing my body privately in the shower
feeling safe and protected/violated and
ripped apart.

I could be you could be me, cooing
my baby to sleep in a safe and protective collective settlement/butchered, beheaded bleeding corpses piled up
in sacred living spaces.

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Michele Hirsch July 28, 2024
Writing from home
Melissa Saltzman

Eilat, July 2024

“Are you still going?”
Asked by a friend as I pack my bags
For a trip that’s been promised a year and a day
A trip long discussed
And oh so desperately needed
“Are you still going?”
In light of recent current events, and ongoing ones
Because to go is crazy
It’s not safe, it’s not the right time

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Melissa Saltzman July 28, 2024
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