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Speculative History

In which the men are laughing
The world remains attached
A kite string on a yellow balloon
The Bourgeoise don’t choose Hitler
Our martyrs swing; lilt of lambs
Licking the olive groves
I am not an incident labeled
Insurgency, I seep rose
Hips with the good queen’s salt
Picture
Jan van Huysum. Vase of Flowers, 1722. Oil on panel. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

A daughter of the Palestinian diaspora, Zaina Alsous’s poetry and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming in The Offing, Word Riot, Glass, Abolition Journal, and elsewhere.
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