All is Well

by Su Ertekin-Taner

This is probably the country where all is well, I used to say,

For it is absolutely necessary that one such country exist

To feast on the European nations

I offer myself for their feast:

Taste me

I am a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food

I am infant’s flesh, seasoned with a little pepper of salt

I am a considerable figure at a Lord Mayor’s feast

Drink me,

I am the salty tears on your cheek

I am alcohol absorbed into the bloodstream

I am the blood-soaked heaps of the dead and dying

For complete refund of my price and purchase… Step right up

I know that we worship God from morning to light

Yes sir, It’s Normal

But even God tears off angels’ wings to feast on them

You see, this hemisphere is no better than the other!

Forgive me

I am the product of globalization

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Su Ertekin-Taner is a hopeful English teacher from Turkey, and very proud of her heritage. She attends The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida where English is her favorite class. She was the runner-up winner from the Jax Poetry Fest for her poem “Soar.” She has participated in Louder Than A Bomb, a spoken word poetry competition. She is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Bugle. A poet, singer, and enjoyer of watching old rom-coms, she strives to write a book and aims to study journalism, political science, or English in college.