The Quran says God made humans out of clay
and jinn out of fire
But I am sand
in the machinery of the world–
waiting for lightning
to turn me into glass.
In spite of me, perhaps to spite me
the machinery churns.
If I were glass I could earn a name, like Mirror.
I pray for lightning. ....

as many of you are on mobile here is the full poem with the correct spacing

I have a new poem in @proteanmag.com proteanmag.com/2025/10/16/s... 💎⛰️🪞💙

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Can’t believe that when I posted my vigorous agreement with this earlier I forgot to once again share @ayeshaasiddiqi.bsky.social’s review of PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, a meticulous, measured, yet utterly excoriating work of criticism. Read it and confirm/correct your opinions.

My piece about the ongoing US military occupation of Korea thenewinquiry.com/korea-under-... is here! @newinquiry.bsky.social

Elizabeth Holmes was
slightly ahead of her time, had she done the same today she’d have a cabinet position

does anyone here have may 9th-11th tix for Vanya they’re trying to sell?

the phrase “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” i always misremember as a question instead & often think no it would not - bc of how people think and the ‘power of branding’. did you know the common daffodil is the same flower as the dramatic and tortured narcissus

re: ICE raids. This is a Know Your Rights resource list by state vis Vanessa Villareal docs.google.com/document/d/1...

the cute boy with the white jacket and thick accent

a truck you a truck you use to
use to move show you’re afraid
heavy goods of communism