2023-12-08
by
Eleanor Goldfield
what kind of care package do you send during a genocide
what stickers and teas and zines do you fold into cardboard
stand in line at the post office
like it's any other tuesday
keep the bile down when you count the minutes
how many dead in this time
where that woman bought stamps
and that man sent a letter
any is one too many
too many to count
we remember however
we can
and these six sides of cardboard
reminders to remember
keepsakes for keeping
our fires burning
our wheels turning
like a piece of string on a finger
it's goofy, ludicrous even
a whisper in a storm
an eyedropper in a flood
but it's what I can do
a little modicum of love
wrapped in paper
sent across oblivious states
to a microcenter of struggle
a glimmer of radicalism
it's goofy, ludicrous even
but it's what I can do
in a genocide
sending care packages
on a tuesday