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 Now that is forgotten January 22, 2003 The Iranian September/ 11/01 I cannot walk My nerves have failed my knees Doctors say: She is scared I cannot write, my hands are short my soul dried up not one word empty chest blinded eyes no poetry for me I am too black to write Born on the wrong side of the world My eyes are too dark to see Once I wrote about the roses, Now the joy is lost September/14/01 I do not speak My accent is too bruised Not one word, one word to say; to write I do not go (out) I cry Baby in my womb vomits in anger I don't want sex I don't want food; I do not leave the four-walled room I am tired I don't want to hear, see, or read I want to have the bluest eyes I want to have the blondest hair I want to have the tallest legs to show off by the sea Does it sound American enough? I want I want I want I want to know why when those bluest eyes, blondest hair, bombed Oklahoma, racial profiling wasn't in the news! September/11/01 God please let it not be Iranians, Let it not be Middle Eastern, let it not be! Please God let it not be those who look like my brothers Don't you go today! My brother sits at home all day long, all night long! September/20/01 No No poetry for me The sounds of spring, Flying birds! The Mud, Covering the ears! Tears falling, Fear's pulling I fear Lives lost in the ashes Broken souls Unborn child For you I will change my very being Tonight I will ask god to give me blond hair I will ask god to give me blue eyes I will ask god to let me I will ask god to let me I will ask god to let me... Today I heard Today I heard Today I learned Today I learned a new word: Hijackers Today I learned: my hopes are dried Today I know about not being born in the right part of the world October/07/01 I am not an Arab I keep telling them Well what's the difference? You are a Muslim! I am not a Muslim Well what's the difference? ... No, not even you know the the difference between Indians, Afghanis, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and Jews. more than ever, there is no difference. My thoughts/ recent months United States of Immigrants
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