A ribbon around an oak tree reads BROTHER. The oak’s roots
sinking deeper into the dirt.
A heart
can sink too, like a root, or a library
whose architect forgot
to factor in the weight of its books. First you lose
Romance, then
Fiction, History. At the center of a heart
is data, the same
idiot degradation that turned the stars
into us. I hope somebody
forgets you today too. I hope somebody cuts
that ribbon free.
Famous Americans and Why They Were Wrong
by Kaveh Akbar
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