Big Brand Fire

an erasure poem created from an Associated Press article by Julhas Alam

hooded Mickey Mouse
from Disney
Faded Glory
hip-hop
tag
Bangladesh. 112
killed
amid blackened
tables and melted sewing ma-
chines. Fashions
Ltd.

without authorization
without ap-
proval
comment

spotlight dan-
ger
with no
clear answers
react
the
way a
bear
argues
insist on
standards
direc-
t
Human Rights

pro-
tect workers as vigorously as
labels

the desperate
poor turning
low-priced products
shoppers
enjoy
the
ghastly
blaze