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A review by sapphicswrld
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar
reflective
sad
fast-paced
2.5
I am less horrible than I could be I’ve never set a house on fire never thrown a firstborn off a bridge still my whole life I answered every cry for help with a pour with a turning away I’ve given this coldness many names thinking if it had a name it would have a solution thinking if I called a wolf a wolf I might dull its fangs
I did not understand most of it but there were a few gems that I loved.
Most days I try hard to act human, to breathe
like a human and speak with the same flat language, but often
my kindness is clumsy—I stop a stranger to tie his shoe and
end up kissing his knees.