Under oppressive conditions, love is resistance as joyousness is not permitted. Like Palestinian hostages being released, but their families told not to celebrate or be joyful; like blacks showing unity, working out in solidarity, or sharing things in …
Continue reading Love is Resistance →Normal was traffic stops turned fatal Arrest warrants served with halos poverty job seeking surviving at minimum rates certainly not living. No time. Normalcy was four year degrees with nothing to show but hopes and dreams. Perhaps a pretty plaque. Normalcy …
Continue reading Getting back to "normal" →[Click to listen to a poem Malik has been working on] Assata said, "I'm tired of bulletins. I want bullets." Assata said, "Tears fallen and bodies dropped, blood shed. Fuck the high road. When they go low, instead, knee 'em in the face, sprawl lower. Take …
Continue reading After Assata →Where I Reside The annals of society; where I reside As far removed as the dark side of — The moon Cold concrete graves encased in Steel bars Piercing supernatural lights Policed and patrolled by Horned custodians Sanctioned — to exact violence Draped in red …
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CTSD What's PTSD that you are currently living? CTSD The trauma you're currently facing Your will the state keeps breaking Like snapping beans Or chicken necks Human beings focused on daily survival Not living Making it through day by day While others plan a …
Continue reading 8/14/25 poetry roundup →I know pride month is over, but EVERY month is pride month, and every day is an awesome day to take pride in our personhood and our right to BE. A bit of backstory, I took inspiration from sibling (what I'm starting to call my supporters) Andy from Ohio, who …
Continue reading 7/2/25 poetry roundup →IMU IMU just another side of the SHU as far as the dark side of the moon silent too segregation — torture abuse mental degradation hatred infused it’s what they do resistance seems moot what’s the use? — RESISTANCE see it’s ESSENCE it’s core to our belief in …
Continue reading 6/2/25 poetry round up →Genocide is no accident International aid shouldn’t be this hazardous Medics, doctors, ambulance crews, firemen, hospitals, even bombing schools Disastrous Your excuse “A professional misstep” Not even an apology that’s long overdue Nothing much a sorry could …
Continue reading Poems for Gaza →Malik shares a poem he wrote shortly after ending his 9-day hunger strike. Download audio [Poetic transcription:] Think tactfully, impactfully, only one path I see It’s bittering, though, ‘cause I hate to show any signs I slow, Or relent, repent or give in, …
Continue reading Choosing to eat →After OSP corrections officers tased and beat Malik for no reason, the only punishment administered has been against him. After conflicting reports from COs and video that clearly contradicts the charges they brought against him, Malik is still stuck in the …
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