Chador   I walk to Memphis or Portland— anywhere—but here, inventing new moves under my dress.  The body language of guilt resonates where the usable truth sways, spins towards its brightn...

—After Em Berry’s “Because of Us” The English word is gauze—(a finely woven medical cloth), comes from the Arabic word  غزة or  Ghazza because Gazans have been skilled weavers for centuries.There is no need to wonder Wounds will continueto be left openand not because There isn’t enough woundsleft in the worldthat can’t be dressed But because we haveran out of all the gauzesto save anyone that is leftDaedalusthe boy washed ashorewith melted wings, his still body layfor days—turning and turningone

Something is going to happen here that’s not going to make sense. It’s not supposed to make sense. Don’t expect it to.

نورغسل                  Ilari Pass    Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water? —The Noble Quran: Surah Al-Mulk (The Sover…