Acupuncture
By Tess K.
Somewhere in the world someone’s got needles in their feet from trekking through the desert because there was nowhere else to go.
Somewhere in the world a man’s got thorns against his ankles because it’s just one more step.
And somewhere in the world a woman’s got razor blades through her wrists because she couldn’t take it anymore.
But they’re not needles to us.
No.
Us rich white people don’t call it torture
starvation
suicide
We just see knitting needles and sewing kits
And we call it acupuncture.