They Gave Me A Ribbon And I Laughed

Fiza Pirani
2 min readSep 4, 2019

They gave me a ribbon and I laughed. Supposedly this ribbon was to signify where I’ve been. They put them on cars, on doors, on bracelets, on posters. They put ribbons everywhere as if to say: “WANTED: The Cure.” But I always manage to outrun them.

Today, I found a breast. It was nice. I’m sure the men would love it. But it’s mine now. The woman seems lovely, part of a close-knit family of four. They…

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Fiza Pirani

Atlanta-based writer/editor and bibliophile. Founder of immigrant and refugee mental health newsletter, Foreign Bodies. Join: foreignbodies.net 💌