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Today

28 Monday Apr 2014

Today

Don’t our demons look cute
In the daylight?

A plastic tiger, hippo, bear–
Each no bigger than a fingernail.

Someone else swallowed them.
Now they bobble in our blood,
Indestructible.

One day
A grandchild will cough up
A tiny panda,
Remnant of a forgotten war.

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“The revolution will begin at the barricades”

12 Saturday Apr 2014

I overheard a man in rags croon in blooming tones
that overwhelmed the silver grey sky,
the silver grey gates,
the silver grey discs behind my eyes.

Digital photo of Acrylic on canvas. 1995.

(c) Safia Jama

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on avenue of the americas

04 Friday Apr 2014

on avenue of the americas

we face north / south / east

our backs to the west

Digital photo. (c) Safia Jama 2014

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Almost April / and my camera-phone / can’t recall / what I saw from a train

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Almost April / and my camera-phone / can't recall / what I saw from a train

Digital photo. (c) Safia Jama 2014

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she follows blear-eyed / swans on childish days.

18 Tuesday Mar 2014

she follows blear-eyed / swans on childish days.

Digital photo. (c) Safia Jama 2014

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trim the bloody-half of baby-cake’s face

11 Tuesday Mar 2014

trim the bloody-half of baby-cake's face

Digital photo. (c) Safia Jama. 2014

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i long for luxuries: ivy-vine wallpaper, dream-drenched sleep

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

Digital photo. (c) 2014 Safia Jama

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i saw you kiss-kissing in a ray of gray rain

24 Monday Feb 2014

i saw you kiss-kissing in a ray of gray rain

Digital photo. (c) 2014 Safia Jama

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i discovered the blue intimacies of distant glaciers

23 Sunday Feb 2014

blue intimacy i

Digital photo. (c) 2014 Safia Jama

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I’m in this nest of forgetfulness

22 Saturday Feb 2014

I'm in this nest of forgetfulness

Digital photo. (c) Safia Jama 2014

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