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A Poem by Safaa Sheikh Hamad Thus sang the troubadour Coming from behind the sea of Atlas Ships laden with cargoes of death Hearts full of purulence Minds that never cared about a soul Led by the new Agamemnon To smash Troy that never kidnapped Helen Joy has been stripped off Sadness hovered over the place The vigilant watchman is sleeping with a whore To live or to die is the same For they both lost a meaning The mad man in our village could not answer Why we had to commit suicide And give a cold shoulder to the godless heaven Arabs of bad blood gave Agamemnon the sands Ferdinand de Lesseps resurrected again Had a toast of champagne with the new Pasha Waved for the scum of the earth Crossing Suez canal to the desert of Arabia Sheikhs of Arabia drinking mugs of espresso Whispered in each others ears the news from Cheney Had a few words with the devils advocate And decided to say “NO” while their “YES” had already pushed the button ........... read more kritya.in/0902/En/poetry_at_our_time.html kritya.in/0902/En/poetry_at_our_time1.html
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:22:09 +0000

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