fragmented Haifa poetry no. 4 - June 2013

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My Haifa 
* stairs * scorching sun * racism * sound of waves at night * destruction * colors * mountain * languages * immigrants * topography * marginalization * gardens * hatred * rain * co-existence / non-existence * sound of planes * train * LGBTQI * friends * trees * prostitution * fires in the Carmel * discrimination * poetry * religion * my favorite trumpet player at the corner * so many churches * poverty * music * Carmelit * collision * 

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the words are bubbling under my skin.
break through, burst out - 
onto the page.

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just drag me from the outside in.
beyond the -
within.

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Copy this – 
Body.
With all its wrinkles and comforts
All imperfections 
But also
The perfections.

(c) khulud khamis, 2013