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![Love poem from the University of [Redacted] Encampment
for Yasi
After we finish building a house
in the encampment. Can we build a wall
made of wooden pallets and forest green chain
link fence metal to wrap around our shared values
in the encampment? And can we bring
all our best supplies to the encampment?
Like students, faculty members, and locals?
Residents, whose hearts, minds, and spirits
stack up like red bricks, forming a woven
Tatreez pattern that spells liberation
Our elbows locked together like we are
enjambed words on a page. The next thing
I want to know as we rejoice about our love
for liberation in the encampment
Can we kiss in the encampment?
Even if we feel downtrodden
It’s important our spirits remain up
It’s important we don’t let monsters
destroy our love. I want to be clear—
I’m not saying we should make love here
in this encampment this land is both public
and sacred after all. It’s just that I think we should
take a moment to bask in the kites flying above us
and not the helicopters and their violent sirens
Because we are we are shaping and molding
the world we want to see right right here in this very
encampment. Even if the police bulldoze our hopes
they will not bulldoze our hearts and we can rebuild
again tomorrow. But please, don’t let them break us](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lwlwmgop7wpgllyvawcyiszx/bafkreieaq4mb2q2yfxqmvh4575vij6ys5dn67ztdqk4vcurjrupd2hxkru)
