How Can I Condemn

"How Can I Condemn"
A Queer Muslim poem after the #PulseNightClub shooting in #Orlando.

excerpts:
How can I condemn,
when I am running from them,
when I am running from you.

How can I condemn,
when you see part of me,
when you ignore most of me.

A "Not an Angel" for New York Times

Just as a reminder, the New York Times referred to murdered civilian Michael Brown as "not an angel" - an epithet which they did not use use even on a later-convicted mass murderer racist, who apparently had a "troubled past." Rapist's mug shot obtained from Jezebel: http://jezebel.com/heres-a-mugshot-from-the-night-of-brock-turners-actual-1780935025.

To Retreat Family, with Love

Snow!

This fantastic display took place in April of 2016. A late-season snow briefly blanketed vegetation, and so I took some photos.

2016.04.04 Snowfall in April

Do Not Cry, My Child

Do not cry, my child
Your mother has just slept after weeping a long while,
Do not cry, my child
Only some time back, your father has departed
Relieved of all sorrow,
Do not cry my child,
Your brother is away to an alien land
And your sister has gone away the same way,
Do not cry my child,
They have just bathed the dead sun and buried the moon.
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