ask or aks?
depends.
on what?
company, mood, memory,
the speed of code-
switch.
weed or beautiful flower?
beautiful flower … growing
everywhere, anywhere, anywhere.
what happens when the colonizer’s blood runs through yours?
blood type: O-
universal donor, du bois’s double-consciousness;
an inner conflict. an unceasing
awareness of the gaze/a jihad of the naafs,
my iranian sociology professor would say.
funny thing about being a universal donor is you can give everyone blood but only take from your own kind.
oppressed or oppressor?
complicit.
see also: under siege.
sand nigger or cherry picker?
america can’t even
get the slur right.
who made this taxonomy?
unmake it.
terrorist or freedom fighter?
freedom fighter. ask a real question.
when you say: “ask a real question,” is that part of this performance?
yes, this is a performance of my humanity. i am saying, “look, look at me.how intelligent i am. look, see: how i am, how i am avoiding death.”
good. because i thought for a moment, you might be possessed.
my writing is the only thing i’ll let them possess.
occupation or conflict?
occupation. i said: ask a real question.
where do you want to be buried?
(i am, i am. and everywhere.)
not here.
what is native?
not here.
(i am, i am. and everywhere.)