04-24-2013, 08:15 PM
I'm behind too. here's mine, very telly. 
I’ve never been much of a leader
the woman with folded skin has a stick
the stick points where to go.
Until now life has been calm
we eat, then move, we chew, then walk
we see the yearling boys be taken
we watch the stick pointing them out.
Yesterday it aimed between my eyes, now
my neck is tied to a courtyard palm tree
my ears hear a tiny human screaming
my eyes watch busy women bustle
my heart shudders and I don’t know why.
by way of explanation, in Morocco seven days after a baby is born a sheep is slaughtered inside the house and the baby is given his/her name. it's the Muslim baptismal ritual here.
I’ve never been much of a leader
the woman with folded skin has a stick
the stick points where to go.
Until now life has been calm
we eat, then move, we chew, then walk
we see the yearling boys be taken
we watch the stick pointing them out.
Yesterday it aimed between my eyes, now
my neck is tied to a courtyard palm tree
my ears hear a tiny human screaming
my eyes watch busy women bustle
my heart shudders and I don’t know why.
by way of explanation, in Morocco seven days after a baby is born a sheep is slaughtered inside the house and the baby is given his/her name. it's the Muslim baptismal ritual here.
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The howling beast is back.
The howling beast is back.