1. It bejins in Berlin
A Historical Case
Study
In Disappearance + Cultural Theft:
Exhibit YZ:
Brinj back to me Nefertiti
Her
Bust
Take her
From behind
the vitrine
For I know where to find her missinj eye
Then put a woman in charje of all antiquities.
She-law: just because somethinj is beautiful
doesnt mean it was meant to be consumed; just because there are
tourists doesnt make it an attraction.
2. everywhere anytxme atm her
vxolatxon: guaranteed. sxlence bought or your settlement
money back. objectxfactxon xn the mxrror xs closer than xt appears.
please mxnd the wage gap. cautxon: not chxld resxstant to open hold
down and turn away squee geez use daxly, mornxng, and nxght
supported by an aroma of certified organxc heavens:
for every gxrl who grows
xnto a woman
who knows
the best threat’s:
one she never
has to make
she sublxmates your sublxmxnal
even your affectxon has been xnfected
3. this poem cant go on without hex i mean
hex
heeee x
hex
hex and hex
hex hej heq hez hex
she was stolen bought sold lost put undex buxied alive at bixth she was dxagged in blue bxa duxing a xevolution with vixginity tests she waits then she doesnt she sh sh sh shh she left you she the best thing that happened to you then she lilililililiiii she intifada she moves with two kinds of gxace she ups the ante aging by candid defiant elegance she foxgets but nevex foxgives
She-language complex
she complex she so complex she complex got complex complex
4. she spends her time anxious because she knows she is better than
you rang to say she died from being tired of your everything she knows she is fiyne; gorgeous but she hates it when she infuriates and when she jigs and is kind she minds her own business except when she is new and nervous though she is origin previous and impervious she wont stay quiet she is razor sharp and super tired she undarks, vets, wanes, and xeroxes; yaks and zzzzs the day she dreams
5. Me tooa B Me toob Me tooc R Me tood Me tooe I Me toof N Me
toog G
Me tooh them
Me tooi B Me tooj A Me took C Me tool K Mem too Men too Me tooo
Meep
too Meq too
Mer too Me too Me too Meu too Mev too Mew too Mex too Mey too Mez too
Me ((too)) Me ((((((((((((too))))))))))))
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