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| Issue 25: | 22 Sept. 2024 |
| Cheribun: | 45 words |
By James Penha
Political, But Not a Screed
“You are so woke,” said my foxy sister-in-law as if an accusation.
Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Words that define a just world shall not be sullied except by those who bathe in pools of power or squat in quagmires of qualm.
—Long-Listed Finalist in MacQ’s Cheribun Challenge #2
Publisher’s Note: A bow of appreciation to the poet for slipping two Q words into this tiny cheribun!
James Penha
Expat New Yorker James Penha (he/him🌈) has lived for the past three decades in Indonesia. Nominated for Pushcart Prizes in fiction and poetry, his work is widely published in journals and anthologies. His newest chapbook of poems, American Daguerreotypes, is available for Kindle. Penha edits The New Verse News, an online journal of current-events poetry.
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