filth by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

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First published in Singapore in 2020 by proletaria.org Copyright © 2020 Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

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contagion your truth becomes our lie

like any other Tuesday mass shooting

your rape a number nothing is holy

trending during the pandemic #ThingsYouSayWhenYouCum

whitewashed the earth continues to bleed

the news behind the news our last shards of dignity

witch trial no one ever believes a prophet

kids in cages they say hell doesn’t exist

history repeating what bullets never solved

clinging to faith night still unfolds

hope in darkness a hymn I used to know

doomsday you still act surprised

wherever peace is no crosses burn

blackened sky our new normal is death

bombs over Aleppo press that like button and subscribe

About the Author

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz is a Pushcart Prize and Dwarf Stars Award nominee who also works as a professional visual artist. Her poetry has been featured in Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Bones, NHK World Haiku Masters, The Mainichi, and dozens of other publications. Her first chapbook, says the rose, was published by Yavanika Press in 2019.

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