Atef Ayadi Poems

Like water,
Eileen
Does not like
The pain
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I am looking at the rain
Trying to catch
Eileen's face
Falling with each drop.
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Me and Eileen
Hand in hand,
Africa is free,
North Korea is out of danger,
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The feminist crowd
Is blocking
The streets;
Every street,
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I crossed the Mexican
Border
Heading south
No one stopped me …
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You have no other choices
Right
Or left,
But to face me.
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I hate colons,
Semi-colons,
Commas,
All the dots,
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Define your face
without joy or fear.
Define your hands, legs
Your veins, your heart,
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Do not teach poetry;
Poetry is not a skill.

It is a painting
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Do not blow and then whisper
To my eyes,
My bottom is fourteen light years deeper
Than your closest sun.
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