while your spit dries on our mouths / mumble into my neck’s hollow how you / don’t want to be anywhere but here a trick / you’ve taught your tongue to perform
I Know I’m Hard to Look At by Gabrielle Ralambo-Rajerison
My Thirst for Zayn Malik is What Keeps Me Human by Gabrielle Ralambo-Rajerison
I was shocked / to hear Zayn’s accent in the videos, / the strength of its looping / working class rhythms. Try to reproduce the sound / in written interviews he’s done, like the first / after leaving One Direction, when he’s asked / if he feels pressured to set a good example / as the most visible Muslim in the West.
