What a privilege to sit in
a library & read about Black Americans
my peoples experience
while the border closes in
Gaza & things keep getting worse
because of this addiction
we have to hate & violence

What a privilege to have
access to books when a family
of daughters in Palestine dream
of owning their own books

What a privilege & also what
a reality to know you aren’t
safe either, sitting there in a mask
blessed with a mild chronic pain day
seeing everyone around you unmasked
believing the lie that this
pandemic is over