Sarah Sarai
Extradition
Ever since this bullshit began
I’ve been clearing shelves
like I’ve been warned only
one book allowed ever-
more or like ordered to
cull the many to ten, ten books
to perch on that shelf in
my jail cell, or, like, if I
get my wish, set in a carton,
one narrative carton to store
with a friend who will ship
it, soon as I signal from
Cameroon or Brunei or
the ass-end of the Moon where
it is dark. I’ll be damned
if I can’t figure a way to
trick some old man who has
smirked at us for so long.
—Submitted on 05/27/2020
Sarah Sarai is the author of That Strapless Bra in Heaven (Kelsay Books, 2019), Geographies of Soul and Taffeta (Indolent Books, 2016), and The Future Is Happy (BlazeVOX [books], 2009). Recent work has appeared in DMQ Review, The Southampton Review, and The Cafe Review, among other journals.
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