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by Bella Blue, 12th
Tied up in streets / in the glittery cement some would say / revolution but this word means little with all this gore / all this spectacle / all these bleeding gums / lost autonomies of bodies, who have seemingly left their humanity, steaming from the gutters like muggy laundry, hanging between brick. Sometimes it's like Oakland has 3000 buildings, for sharp teeth. retrofitting cavities, no earthquake can dismantle gentrification / can always dismantle a family. Our brains, like wet noodles the antithesis of control / we take ourselves on walks / we eat at the checkered diner / we pay our taxes and watch it launder. In this walk of life, we must think of the heart as a whirlpool. Of a city as a stomach. In this walk of life, all shoes burn the same pavement, all rubber. Comments are closed.
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AuthorsStudents 6th-12th Grades month
January 2021
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