Poetry Break

from: “Tablets IV” by Dunya Mikhail

from: "Tablets IV"

7
The map of Iraq looks like a mitten,
and so does the map of Michigan—
a match I made by chance.

8
If you can't save people,
at least don't hate them.

Mikhail, Dunya. “Tablets IV.” Poetry, vol. 212, no. 4, 2018, pp. 314-319.

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