Kulo' Zine
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Poem by Jessi Nauta Perez
Atan! Look!
Watch as they tear down the trees
No life flows to the tangantangan trees
Ekungok! Listen!
Can’t you hear them scream?
So much land taken & destroyed
All that culture & history gone
Can you smell it?
Sulfur mixed w/ tree sap.
Burning & sickly sweet
Do you hear the quiet of my ancestor’s screams?
Ekungok!
It’s deafening
The quiet scratches at my ears
My nose burns w/ the sulfur & fallen trees
Invasive species
My ears bleed w/ the sound of their screams
And it’s all for them
Semper Fi
United States Marines
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