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al-Samu' - السموع: Of a Forgetful Sea by Kelli Russell Agodon

Posted by أحمد الدغامين / ابوسلام on January 11, 2008

Picture for al-Samu' City - Palestine: : واد شمعون - ابو بهاء الدين محمود Click Image For Town Details
Sometimes, I forget the sun
sinking into ocean.

Desert is only a handful of sand
held by my daughter.

In her palm,
she holds small creatures,
tracks an ant, a flea
moving over each grain.

She brings them to places
she thinks are safe:

an island of driftwood,
the knot of a blackberry bush,
a continent of grass.

Fire ants carried on sticks,
potato bugs scooped
into the crease of a newspaper.

She tries to help them
before the patterns of tides
reach their lives.

She knows about families
who fold together like hands,
a horizon of tanks moving forward.

Here war is only newsprint.

How easy it is not to think about it
as we sleep beneath our quiet sky,
slip ourselves into foam, neglectful
waves appearing endless



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