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Pilgrim Bell: Poems by Kaveh Akbar
dark
emotional
reflective
5.0
"mistyping in an email I write
I lose you so much today
then leave it"
"I, a man,
am what I do not say.
America, I warn you, if you invite me into your home
I will linger
kissing my beloveds frankly,
pulling up radishes
and capping all your pens.
There are no good kings,
only burning palaces.
Lose me today, so much."
I lose you so much today
then leave it"
"I, a man,
am what I do not say.
America, I warn you, if you invite me into your home
I will linger
kissing my beloveds frankly,
pulling up radishes
and capping all your pens.
There are no good kings,
only burning palaces.
Lose me today, so much."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Hate crime and War