We sell the olive trees from trader joe's

Revisiting an unpublished piece from 2023, likely written on the job.

We sell the olive trees from trader joe's

for a profit margin of 45 percent

to millennial women who just can’t but can

afford to treat herself

for more than I make an hour here or anywhere in san diego

for more than the cost of a single e-SIM

that could connect two Hearts

sharing last words before

the next airstrike.

We sell the olive trees from trader joe’s

and a man places my tip face down

on the white counter.

Before this violence but after

all the others, I am asked

if my consideration can

be stretched and twisted,

asked if maybe I will also send

flowers to the house of isr**l

because we can only accept

Palestine relative to devastation.

We sell the olive trees from trader joe’s and

play the gay holiday remixes to keep

the mood light as we smile at shoppers

who have already forgotten

about the olive trees in the birth

place of their savior, shredded

to ribbons and still

bleeding.