This morning he said, “Maybe today … don’t wear that pin with the Arabic on it.”
Because the NYPD is deploying extra officers on my commute
Because this morning in Brussels….
Get your own button here, and find the whole poem in November’s Forage Poetry.
I found this publishing opportunity through the Duotrope Weekly Wire email.
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