So many years, so much faith, Hu,
such bounty in mankind,
the sun shining through its lens
to etch truth into books.
I hold a mirror to my face, looking at
my life from the world’s arched back.
Steel rods fill the mandala of my dreams,
bars that won’t let me leave like I should,
to leap over the Great Wall to the [...]
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When time works against us
and weighs at the heart
somewhere in a foreign land,
night turns to day, and
the fashion in shop windows
I pass on my way from work
into djellabas, the smell
of restaurants into kuskus
on a market day,
hands all out, stretched
to acknowledge this gift,
walking in the shadow
of African women, men,
with their fear of anchored boats
on coastal fronts. [...]
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Born in June 1961
and ยฝ-way thru my lease,
the leap from nought
to forty-seven is
enough to make me strive
for love, whatever time
itโ€ll take with what we have.
The air of fresh
bap nโ€ hot tea fills our room,
takes winter away, drops of
dew caught between
you and me, like laughter
when sunshine melts a dream.
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