while buying coffee
- random customer in DD: excuse me?
- me: Yes?
- customer: My daughter always wants to know what your head covering is called. I know it has a name but I can't remember it.
- me: It's called hijab.
- customer: She wants to wear it when she's older. I tell her if she wants to be a Muslim she can.
The next time
You say to me
“Don’t you feel hot in that?”
I will reply
It’s none of your damn
Concern,
Because if you really cared
For my comfort,
Then
Perhaps you would have
Spoken up
For me in France-
Where my body
Was dragged and
Struck down
Till it was broken,
And my civil liberties
Were senselessly
Beaten.
