Preferred Propaganda

Trinity Tibe

There were no billboards of breasts,of legs I could never match the length of—I liked not being meat as I am in America.There was not enough produce to go aroundand if you look closelyI was part of the problem.And if you held the country at arm's length and squinted,the ban burdening a ninety-mile stretch of egowas part of the problem.          I did eat romaine leaves mashedwith avocado and oil without considering who I didn't feed,I did buy tomato and let a man overcharge me.I keep trade between my hand and anotherbut economy involves itself in history, taxesthe luxury of learning where I came from.When it comes totaken liberties,surely I am not all magazine and not-enough and green money.My blood must have something to do with me.

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Trinity Tibe is the co-founder of Say Yes, a Brooklyn-based art collective and performance showcase. She is a winner of Crosswinds Poetry Journal‘s Annual Contest and Pacifica Literary Review‘s Winter Poetry Contest. Her work appears in Bodega, Duende, Public Pool, Potluck, and more. She was a 2018 artist-in-residence at the Trélex Residency in Switzerland.

The Florida Revie, Volume 42, Number 2

Volume 42, Number 2

Orlando, Florida

University of Central Florida

Editor & Director
Lisa Roney

Managing Editor
Leah Washburn

Poetry Editor
Kenneth Hart

The Florida Review is published twice yearly by the University of Central Florida. Our artistic mission is to publish the best poetry, prose, and graphic narrative produced by the world’s most exciting emerging and established writers and artists.

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