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disenfranchised

1,

am a phoenix
roused from
no ashes.

2.
"That's the
proper Turk in
you, that."
(I don't know
the English words
for certain things
foreign comes easier)

3.

Three
You and
I and
our
child.

My mouth
is a product
of not knowing
it spews
words I
barely understand.

Like the
word we use
for yeah and
I totally understand
that
and thank you...


My pride is a thin
thread that the
man in the lift
snapped this morning.

He articulated words
s l o wwwwwww l y
(because I look
different)

Silent judgments
are the best ones
but remember I
have a history
and I have words
you don't understand
in my arsenal,
don't try me, dipshit.

Anani bile sikerim ha....
(I'll fuck your
mother.. we're verbose)
the word
'Motherfucker'
is four
words

three
You, me
and our
not-on-the-horizon
child.

When we first met
you learnt words
you didn't have to
You didn't judge religiousity
(not...
to my face anyway- when you
got more comfortable, you'd have
little teasing digs-- I know I don't
belong here, I know i'm a foreigner
please and thank you)

4.
My norms are so different
that I happened to
go in for a hug/kiss thing
upon saying goodbye
to a virtual stranger
this morning.
We were
united in our
reasons for
visiting the hospital


They don't do that here
they don't randomly strike up
political conversation here either, dad
stop it..


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I got looks
on the train
the guy huffing
puffing
not wanting to be
anywhere near
the man with a
salt and pepper beard
and his daughter.

Maybe he thought
we were a couple
(we've had that
thrown at us before)

5.

The fon and
the saz are my
favourite instruments

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6.

I don't have the means
to go where i'm wanted

Azrael, are you real?
Is our religion the
right one?
are you the angel
of death?
If you are,
i'm the angel of
toxicity
come take me
away.

Nerdesiiiiiin, gidelim hade,
hade lan, beklettirme beni


-- where are you?
 let's go,
C'mon man, don't make me
Waaaaaait..--
7.
On making me wait
Why? I'm destined
for hell..
why delay the
fucking inevitable
you want me to be
completely useless
bedridden, before you
do?
so you can laugh?

8.
I'd laugh too
Hahahahahaha!!
look at the state of me....fuck


9.
there are two
nines in my
date of (un)birth
add a third
tell the police
i'm lost

10.
Reasons are rosebuds
I have no reason to engage
so I disengage
become
disenfranchised


On disenfranchisement

thank you for keeping me
locked in your company
apparently I have hypermobility
and spasticity- the left and right
work differently.

Even my fucking body
is a contradiction
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