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American Sonnet for the Man Who Spit on Me at the Student Encampment to Free the Land
“The purpose of racism is distraction.”
— Toni Morrison
I have your photo, dear. Consider this
its frame. Our history should live somewhere
more public than my brain. I write a spell
to air you out. I write a small revenge.
I write to name a simple truth: you’re real
-ly fucking cringe. The gag is that you’re just
a pest. When Toni said distraction, she
meant you. I write to bring my focus back.
There’s deadass more important work to do.
I write you in the margins, stink. I shrink
your foolishness to scale. I’m moving on,
but honestly? I write to leave a good
ol’ fashioned paper trail. You happened here.
It’s true. It doesn’t need to make the news.