On a Palestinian Girl Escaping Tomorrow
She balances tomorrow’s humanity.
Dreams
outlive
brutal
thieves.
Dreams
form
crooked
smiles.
Dreams.
Tomorrow’s humanity she balances.
---
Lyric for Gaza
—Jazzy Freedom bangs on the drums!
Gaza
be
free
baby!
Gaza
stand
up
baby!
Gaza.
The drums—Jazzy Freedom bangs on!
---
America’s Great Hustle
—America hurls them dollars and buildings
crumble
in
another
land
crumble
securing
Her
interests
crumble
buildings—and America hurls them dollars 3/30/2024
Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton is an award-winning poet, author, educator, and recording artist. He is the author of more than 35 books, and he has recorded more than 170 spoken word albums. Lofton earned both a B.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College (2004) and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (2006).
