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Thank you for your truth, so beautifully expressed. I don’t think anyone is, or can be, all right in these times, especially not those who support this genocide. I feel so helpless! My voice is so small. But I’ll try to keep speaking.

The Darwish poem is beautiful.

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Dec 3, 2023Liked by Daniel José Older

Thank you so much for this. It is nice to know that there are other people who have not been able to pick up the pieces and carryon cheerfully through the holiday season, that there are others who continue to bear witness and continue the fight. I feel much less alone now.

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Dec 4, 2023Liked by Daniel José Older

I got to the line, "... maybe you have been pretending you are [okay]" and I started bawling my eyes out! Lol! I guess I was pretending better than I thought!

Thank you so much for this. I can't express how grateful I am.

I think your essay has affected me the way that amazing Darwish poem affected you!

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