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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Damaged Broca, a poem by Fatima Azeem

 Damaged Broca

I dream.

Maybe, while braiding strands of hair—

Our eyes will be closed and our souls will meet


Will I be able to hear you speak then?


Or shall I reach into your mouth and connect us with string?

I’ll mend our flesh together and mix the dirt with us

Just so we can face the Heavens and sow our nails together

Up in the sky and constellations


Let's exchange secrets with the Dippers

And shout at the sun

I might just offer a shoulder and listen with deaf ears,

Cry crystals on Neptune,

Or maybe wish upon ourselves,

For the world is truly loud and your words are silent.


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