The Dump

never shared these bug stickers!! they're clear vinyl and are 1.4"x2".

Hidden in the study at dusk, I wait, not yet lonely. A heavy walnut bureau opens up the night. The clock is a tired sentry, its steps growing faint.

From where? In Grandfather's typewriter, an Underwood from ancient times, thousands of alphabets are ready. What tidings?

I think that not everything is in doubt. I follow the moment, not to let it slip away. My arms are rather thin. I am nine years old.

Beyond the door begins the interstellar space which I'm ready for. Gravity drains from me like colors at dusk. I fly so fast that I'm motionless and leave behind me the transparent wake of the past.

Hi all, as you know now Shaima and Muhammad are Wafaa's sister and brother, and they urgently need to evacuate all 10 of their children as soon as possible before they can even think to evacuate themselves and their respective spouses. This family was personally added to the vetted spreadsheet by @el-shab-hussein as family number 260, so please don't hesitate to donate.

Yesterday, Wafaa received extremely worrying news about Muhammad's newborn Salem, who is just weeks old, is suffering from severe malnutrition. Manal, Salem's mother, could not produce breast milk because of stress and malnutrition herself, and the family is forced to feed Salem cooked flour slurry, which is an extremely non-nutritious and even dangerous diet for a newborn. On top of this, because Salem was born in a field hospital, he was not able to be vaccinated; his immunocompromised status makes the current active polio epidemic in al-Mawasi camp extremely dangerous for him.

We helped raise enough money in the past two days for Zeina, who is 15 years old and has been taking care of the younger children since the invasion. Let's now try to raise enough money so Zeina's twin, Malik, could also be evacuated. As a reminder, Salem is suffering from anemia and severe malnutrition from not getting milk for days while Salma, the 5 year old daughter, suffers from intestinal infection and skin rashes have not abated for weeks now. Zeina cannot take care of all 4 of her younger siblings all by herself when time comes to evacuate.

Shaima and Muhammad's fundraiser has stagnated DANGEROUSLY, we have only received 5 donations in the past 2 hours, with the most recent donation from 30 minutes ago. To evacuate Malik, we need to raise $20,000 by Wednesday (August 7) at the very latest. Please help us ensure the twins can continue to take care of their younger siblings together.

Currently $15,598 raised of $20,000 goal as of August 5, that's $4,402 left to raise!! Please donate whatever you can spare as this is an urgent matter.

Margarita Karapanou, tr. by Karen Emmerich, from Rien ne va plus

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