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“The dog upstairs won't shut up, but I can't hate him, he's up there alone all day, making noise must be the only way he knows he's not a ghost.”

Author:Danez Smith

“history is what it is. it knows what it did.”

Poetry History Poem

Author:Danez Smith

“...paradise is a world where everything is a sanctuary & nothing is a gun...”

Life Death Peace Paradise Black Lives Matter Gun Reform Danez Smith Don T Call Us Dead Summer Somewhere

Book:Don't Call Us Dead

Source: Don't Call Us Dead

“desire was warm recently shot from inside a body into a body, strange little birth, happy death ritual, sweet lord i've seen thy wrath & it taste like sugar lay thy merciful hand around my neck”

Poetry Religion Sex Lgbt

Book:Don't Call Us Dead

Source: Don't Call Us Dead

“I invited him over and he stayed forever. I feed him all my bread, the old peppers turned to mush & fluorescent mold, the chicken thighs unthawed & boneless. He ask for more so I give him my left leg. He ask for more & I give him my lungs & lips. More still, and there goes my bladder. He eats it all, all of me, eats the whole damn house, & I live forever in him or maybe it's the other way around. I swallowed. I swallowed him whole & didn't even notice him thrashing inside me.”

Whole Forever More Feed Invitation Stayed

Author:Danez Smith

“i am equal parts sick of your go back to Africa & i just don't see race. neither did the poplar tree.”

Race Racism Colorblindness

Book:Don't Call Us Dead

Source: Don't Call Us Dead