Not for children I must’ve wondered if I’d ever see snow again. The snows of Christmas and Kilimanjaro. The snows at the end of winter when afternoons return. The snows of dawn and mittens pink and blue. I am mad for it to peck my nose and cheek. To perch upon my crown, to glisten … Continue reading The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Eleven: 3-23-2020)
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The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Ten: 3-22-2020)
Not for children Here’s a list of things I’m thinking but probably shouldn’t say: 1. Once upon a time, a troop of apes mutated into pale hairless chatterboxes and diseased the natural world. They tore out trees, broke up mountains, trashed the oceans, melted the glaciers, smogged the atmosphere, enslaved the animal kingdom, dumped fire … Continue reading The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Ten: 3-22-2020)
The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Nine: 3-21-2020)
Not for children who dares to catch these whispers, dense as lead? what last words, love? what were the last ones said? will all these voices wilt when we are dead? could someone spare a crane to lift this head? The Lights! The Lights! phosphorous piercing shards swarming ants the concaves of my skull the … Continue reading The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Nine: 3-21-2020)
The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Eight: 3-20-2020)
Not for children Nobody knows what day it is anymore. The President said “please” on Wednesday, as in, “Any questions, please?” Swans and dolphins appeared in the Venice canals. Governor Gavin Newsom of California has ordered all residents to stay home. Italy’s death toll has exceeded China’s. Severe storms and tornadoes hit the central US … Continue reading The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Eight: 3-20-2020)
The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Seven: 3-19-2020)
Not for children Hail to the artists! Come out, come out, you venerable souls! Pens, Brushes, Cameras, Woodwinds, Strings! Come out, come out, you shy little shits! Sing into the air! Dance against the earth! Make and cast into the streams and rivers of America! Make and blow into the eddies of the wind! Make … Continue reading The Apocalypse Diaries (Day Seven: 3-19-2020)
Yousef Alqamoussi 
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