Zoe Canner
laugh at men
sessions
can’t
take being
laughed at
let’s
never
refrain from
laughing
out
of respect
again
because
you have
to earn
respect and
well
sessions
let’s say
his
name
say it
with
me
alton sterling
murdered on
video
and
the officers
got off
hope is
a pipe
dream
despair
is sensible
Zoe Canner is an angry, anti-racist, 3rd Generation Holocaust Survivor. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Naugatuck River Review, The Laurel Review, and Arcturus of the Chicago Review of Books. She is an alumna of CalArts, Directors Lab West, and The Home School. She lives in Los Angeles where she indulges in hilly walks at dusk when the night-blooming jasmine is at its peak fragrance.
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