“bad copies” by Tina Zafreen Alam
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “bad copies” by Tina Zafreen Alam.
bad copies
By Tina Zafreen Alam
soundtrack: untitled/fantastic instrumental, slum village
canโt teach reading this instrument(al) anymore/than learning to breathe. heart learning to beat. by beat
by beat. & here a honing in (this feeling) you remind me thereโs no way to hear without taking/it in (like
air) i mean thereโs no music outside (my skin) & everything inside is moving. i mean you make me know
my cells shake & not take that for granted. the most beautiful things point to their own makings/know
they are bad copies/stay beautiful anyway
Copyright ยฉ Tina Zafreen Alam
Previously published in The American Poetry Review.
TINA ZAFREEN ALAM is a diasporic Bangladeshi poet who does not believe in space, time, or borders. She is calling on you to commit your heart, body, and soul to fighting for the liberation of Palestine and of all oppressed people around the globe. We owe it to ourselves, and to one another. Revolution until complete liberation for all of us, all together.
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