TALAL KASSAD Poems

Hardly a day goes by
Without a dream or thought.
I lived where she can never tell-
I lived inside her heart.
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Chorus:

Address yourself to things that show the truth,
To things that more mislead than guide the youth.
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I. THE FIRST MEETING

THE HORSE
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THE CHORUS

A small but cunning flea once vowed
To make the kingdom shout aloud-
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There I was, but there I’ll go again.
Towards an eastern land I make my way,
Wherefrom arose the sun-like beauty,
Wherein the sunshine used to be all day.
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One day I pledged myself to come alive,
And on the nectar of her rose survive.

She has no eyes, nor has she hair,
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Come ye mistress! Use your mind!
To that Andrew don’t be kind!
Don’t resemble those who say:
When deluded “Never Mind”
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That day I wondered how the sun
Could neither set at noon
Nor leave his tiring work undone
To lie beside the moon.
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