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The Gypsy

By Sophia Bouzid

 

Sew the sun into your chest

And pull it out

When the sky is napalm

And you can’t see the horizon line because it doesn’t exist for you

 

Remember where you came from, young gypsy girl

Trace a map with your finger in the sand

And fill your pockets with granules of a past, eroded down

 

Plant a seed in your mind

With the dirt on top your father’s tapered back

And water from your mother’s swollen eyes

 

Plant your roots in a new place

A better place

Grow.

 

Sophia Bouzid is a Muslim-American writer of Algerian and German descent. She writes poetry for her school’s literary magazine and the Bay Area Poetry Coalition. When she isn’t writing, she is probably at a show rehearsal. She also enjoys searching for unconventional objects to plant flowers in.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Summer 2018

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