writing scripts onto the body

(1) scripts on bodies

you have written

a script.

onto your –

body.

Tunis(ia)

is roaring.

where were you

men!

I do not

hear you –

roaring

when –

women are

denied

rights.

I do not

hear you –

roaring

when –

women are

raped

battered

violated

imprisoned

killed

treated like –

discarded objects.

just because –

we are born

women.

five words –

written a script

onto the body

and you roar.

Amina has shown us all –

what you are

all

about.

(c) khulud khamis, 2013

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(2) the body

the body

my body

such a powerful –

entity.

it seems that –

it can

move mountains

cause revolutions

it can also

have me –

locked up

in a psychiatric

institute.

for what –

for five words

written onto it.

(c) khulud khamis, 2013