Poem 053: My People Poem by Samer Madbak

My people are an avid breed
Desire is in their heart and greed
And yet as long as you don’t feed
With them, fear not adversity.

My people’s business, first and last,
Is gormandizing their repast,
But never share their goodly mast
And you’ll incur no injury.

My people trust a single law:
That which compels a mighty maw
And long as you ply not your jaw
Consider not enormity.

My people are a ghoulish breed
Desire is in their heart, so heed:
“The belly of the foul shall need
And never reach satiety! ”


Beirut
May 2nd 1989