Wild Flag
- Wild Flag
orphan,tell me what you know about collectivity. orrunrunrun and keep at it 'til brightness bit-breaksover the tracks. and something is saved.ephemera: a piece of this, a ribbonof that, and (archivable) a photo of you,before you were abandoned to historyyou were held, infant. "thisis my favorite thing." thisswaddling before burning
children like cannons through a wild flag. [End Page 298]
Khadeejah Avvirin Gray holds an MA in American Indian Studies with a concentration in Gender Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Currently, Avvirin is a doctoral student in the department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Born and raised in Harlem, New York, Avvirin relocated to Los Angeles in 2012. Her poetry has appeared in Red Ink Magazine. She can be reached at avvirin@gmail.com.
