Zohran

A poetic response to Mamdani's ridiculous and cowardly attack on Susan Abulhawa.

So, Zohran,

We want to know

when it was

you started sleeping with the enemy

lining your pocket

drinking the Kool-Aid

smoking the strong stuff

We want to understand

the speed of the journey from

ethics and integrity

to kissing the ring.

There is a word for you

in Afrikaans.

Verraier.

Traitor.

It is as hard as it sounds.

You are as weak

as those who allowed you a place at their table

You are a traitor

Full of fake promises and manufactured outrage

Did they dig up something on you?

Are they holding it above your head?

You are no longer the man

real people wanted

fought for

voted for

You are a dirty sock puppet

used for someone else’s jerk off sessions

They got you.