a test - things a global pandemic reveals by Fanta Traoré

Sat, May 2, 2020

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Washington, DC Hub, USA Originally from New York, USA and Mali, Africa

This poem is inspired by yrsa daley ward’s poem: “ a test - things our bodies have been” for

A collective shift

Braveness

Creativity

Dependency on

Economic imagination

Fragility

Global inefficiency

Humiliating

Intentions

Justice (desired)

Kind-hearted

Layman

Manipulation

Need (for rest)

Opinions galore

Philosophies endless

Quiet

Ramadan’s beauty

Surrender

True importance

Unprecedented

Vulnerability

Weak infrastructure

Xenophobia

Yesterday was not honored. Today’s

Zen