Miki DeVivoI grew up white in a place that is predominately various beautiful shades of brown.The word is used to mean “white person” and/or “foreigner”. Most often, in my experience, it was descriptive, to mean someone with white…Aug 19, 2017Aug 19, 2017
Miki DeVivoMy heart aches for my HomelandLand of palm tree and sand Land of hula and song Land of plumeria, pikake, and ginger Land of honor Land of wisdom Land of spiritMay 15, 2017May 15, 2017
Miki DeVivoThey must be afraid of our blood.Not the blood of veins, which they are only too happy to spillMay 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Miki DeVivoHe didn’t have to hit me to keep me in lineHis soft words tied me down just fineMay 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Miki DeVivoIt comes in waves, doesn’t it?One minute you’re snuggling with your children before the day begins.May 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Miki DeVivoDo you feel more powerful now Having killed a young boy Shot into his car window on his way home…Do you feel more powerful now Having killed a young man His loose cigarets a real threat To these criminal streetsMay 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Miki DeVivoWhy won’t you help me? She yells, tears streaming.My darling I will not help you Do the things I know You can do for yourself.May 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Miki DeVivoI’ve spent so much trying to sell shit that wasn’t for sale.Waited for ages for someone to say Yes to my voice with their dollars, all the while falling more and more Silent in the Capital’s…May 13, 2017May 13, 2017
Miki DeVivophotographs of my fatherHe died in March and I didn’t want to look at his stupid face ever again.May 13, 2017May 13, 2017