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emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

High heels at the U.N.

U.S. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley boasts about her lethal high heels. It's really her who is lethal.

I wear heels. It’s not for a fashion statement.
It’s because if I see something wrong,
I’m going to kick ‘em every single time
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(U.S. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley)

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Swagggering in high heels,
enticing her targets
as she moves from chair to chair:

Calculated roid rage runway walk,
luring eyes away from the killing.

High heels suddenly broken,
no hands offer to steady her.

Claiming to save democracy,
she writes her veto in Gazan blood.

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