in response to antigone in 2024
“A kind of permanent elsewhere”
As an immortal, strange being
In two places at once
Is it time travel or is it diaspora?
Outside of language
Outside of cities
An Outsider in opposition
With a recognition in terms
It did not define.
Death before death.
Are our martyrs gods?
When they are trans
When they are borderless
Are they divine?
Yes, oh God yes
The calcium pushing through
Beyond the decay
Impermanent / permanent
According to whom?
Does a poem have to be true?
Fate
Luck
Get us not even nowhere
But in a maze
Of autocracy