Zeitgeist

By Abraheem Dittu

Who’s on the pillory today?

Smoke
But no
Fire

When
They wake

I’ll be
Dulling
and
Culling

Dreaming
Of something less derivative

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Abraheem Dittu is a Pakistani-American poet from Los Angeles. He's previously been published in The Blue Door Quarterly, Cultural Weekly, Flypaper Magazine, The Squawk Back, The Song of the San Joaquin, Ascent Aspirations, The Pointed Circle, Bluepepper, Rigorous Magazine, Holy Shit Journal, and The Oxford Summer Academy Review.