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The Moral Judgement of Butterflies

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“How do I tell them that so many words in their language rattle like cages without birds? Do you call it grief when the nest you fall from disappears into the sky with the sillage of a memory that will never be done? That isn’t grief for us, we call that hüzün.”

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“I hope I go dreaming in Arabic because love there sounds like the wind passes through every vowel. somewhere buried in my voice there is asphalt singing as brothers build rooms for one another everyone gets a duaa to float across the lake and watch disappear/this is mine.”

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“Your dignity will never know cages and days without showering. Will never know the shame of running from a place because you weren't born disposable. If you feel threatened about living in a country full of sleek, dark, and beautiful creatures arriving on boats smiling and glowing though nobody has welcomed them, stop watching the news. Stay safe, with truths that bloom from kindness.”

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