another way

it's a wet t-shirt.
it's red.
it sticks to the skin of a three year old boy.
face down
a camera clicks
still (a)life?
it's a wet t-shirt.
share it.
it's a red wet t-shirt.
tweet tweet tweet
it sticks to the skin of a three year old boy.
an unnamed child washed ashore?
#KıyıyaVuranİnsanlık*
shocking.
15 likes
MeLikeThatYouShareNotThatItHappened
10 comments
MeSoSad! in various versions
2 shares
MeWillCheckBackLaterMaybeThereWillBeMore
scroll down.
cute puppies!
scroll down - a
nother poke from my friend - an
other party invitation ano
ther request to play Farmville -
a not he
a not here
keep scrolling
keep scrolling
keep scrolling
like your life depends on it for
if the image didn't stop you
nothing will.


Rest in Perfect Peace Aylan Kurdi
We are working on another way.




(*humanity washed ashore)

(a gentle nudge)*

But of course I would have come!

I even think I could have come if…

Well the point is that I tried, right?

No, really! I did.

Because I thought about trying and while I thought about it

I imagined how pleased you would have been, and

That made me feel incredibly warm inside.

Special and important too. For just a few minutes:

I stood right there - my feet immovable -

I stood right there - my one hand held yours
I stood right there - my other hand, a fist in the sky
I stood right there - my head bowed down 
in celebration and commemoration

- and I would have stood right there, of course!

I would have held your hand, no doubt!

I would have if

I would have come.

But you know that already, right?

/…/

You would know that, you say?

Ah, I suppose you would be right if I was

the kind of person who never came

but I would have come. So that’s different.

It really is.

*(dedicated to those who will at some point in the future say, they were going to visit their local sites of non-citizen resistance but sadly didn't make it before the protests ended - victoriously or otherwise)