i. palestine
afraid?
afraid to go
afraid to go to the own trees
to?
to harvest
to harvest their olives
to harvest their olives... their livlihood
avoiding?
avoiding bullets
avoiding bullets and beatings
from?
from colonizers
from colonizers who believe
from colonizers who believe in a new form
from colonizers who believe in a new form of manifest destiny
unsettling?
unsettling indiginous people
unsettling indiginous people from their homes
unsettling indiginous people from their homes and lands
ii. artsakh
devastated?
devastated and exiled
devastated and exiled from their homes
devastated and exiled from their homes and lands?
their lands?
their lands where they lived for centuries
their lands?
enver tried to pan turaned away
their lands?
that stalin gave away
their lands?
that the world believes is theirs
their lands?
where they can longer pick grapes
from what were their vines...
november 2025
after hear this report on npr
