By Khadija Anderson
She was a college student
or a terrorist sympathizer.
She wore a bright orange jacket
and waved her arms.
My nickname is Doobi
it means Teddy Bear in Hebrew.
I am an armored bulldozer,
it was murder or not.
My driver didn’t see her
or he did.
I can’t be blamed, I can’t stop myself.
I am just a caterpillar eating the olive tree
leaf by leaf.
Previously published in History of Butoh, Revolutionary Poets Brigade Anthology
Cadence Collective: Long Beach Poets 