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TO BLOW ON THE HORNS OF A BULL

CHRISTOPHER SOTO

For Dareen Tatour // Arrested in 2018 for uploading a poem
& Video on YouTube of Palestinians // Flinging rocks at Israeli soldiers

Subject                                     Dear Intifada
CC

                                                               We were rebooting // Our lives &
                                       Riding // The electronic superhighway when
                                       Our code was blockaded by // An Israeli checkpoint
                                       Our hyperspace occupied                    Dot com

Our computer didn’t crash // But our door did
Our trial programmed to // Power off activists
We said // Resist people // Resist them

HTTPS // Google search Nakba        #700K                  Palestinians forcibly evicted
Soldiers // Soldiers // Soldiers // Soldiers
We saw a wall & painted a doorframe           We hold the keys to demolished homes

                                       Despite its lack of hands // The internet has such far reach
                                       Behind its quiet blue // A chat room full of noise // Yelling
                                       BREAK THE WALL // OR I’LL BREAK YOUR FACE

                                                   Sincerely
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Christopher Soto (b. 1991) is a poet based in Los Angeles, California. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Occidental College. His debut poetry collection, Diaries of a Terrorist, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press on May 3rd, 2022. This debut poetry collection demands the abolition of policing and human caging.

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