Nico Amador — Flower Wars
Poetry Unbound
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The Humming Bird God
Niko amador works in groups opposing mass incarceration and against discrimination against trans and non bindary passengers in public transport. In a certain way, this poem is putting two ideas up against each other. It's pitting the idea of a humming bird god to whom people sacrificed. The first part of this poem is a hop skip and a jump from the big bang to the aztec pyramids and aqueducts. And then suddenly it moves into the idea of farming and live stock and grain.
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