‘Ode to dissidence,’ Timur Galen + Lara Atallah

‘Ode to dissidence,’ Timur Galen + Lara Atallah

Ode to dissidence There can be no freedom without dissent. In my house in Castine, Maine I’m thinking about my past self A teenager registering as a democrat voting against the Vietnam war Bravery is the product of refusal It is what we owe for our privilege My town’s miasmic history complicit with slavery harkens on trauma. It brought fish to slaves. Exported cotton to Europe. This crisis has brought a moment of reckoning. A confrontation with shadows cast into the limelight. Timur Galen + Lara Atallah

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