Suheir Hammad & Marjane Satrapi-Part 2

In her Def Poem, Suheir Hammad says, "Smoke where once was flesh". Here she is signifying how humanity is the ignition of revolution. The flesh of life is set aflame by the revolutionary ideas of free thinkers, and as the revolution comes full circle, the self-destruction of the revolutionaries themselves burns the flash, leaving nothing but the smokey remains of humanity. She also says, "Thank you to the woman who saw me blinking back tears. She opened her arms before she asked 'Do you want a hug?'" Here she uses her experience during the dark times that surrounded the Crisis on Terror, to show that even in humanity's worst times, where hope seems all but lost, those who give their hearts out, who invest in people during their moments of weakness, who accept those for who they really are, and reject the social values set by society, these few people are able to find a silver lining in the chaos.