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“The Days Don’t Stop” for Aleppo by Zeina Hashem Beck

THE DAYS DON’T STOP the Tyrants sleep like gods the Diplomats regret the Diplomats are at their dinner tables the Dancers dance the Baker bakes the Bread rises  the Earth orbits the Mothers weep the Fathers weep the Children walk in their coats the Children know a law against killing people in houses is not the same as not killing people in houses the Rain drops the Poet writes the dead City’s name the dead City remains dead open like a cow hung in the cold of the slaughterhouse the Lovers touch the Singers sing the Nightmares know dreaming of being buried under the rubble is not the same as being buried under the rubble the Morning comes the Bookkeepers count the Deaths & Births the holy Book says whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it & whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it O eternal Cinematographer the Deeds flicker on the screens of Hell & Heaven the fallen building keeps falling the Saved have no Peace the tides of Blood & Hope eat the body like a disease O Lord please do not heal us —Poets Respond December 18, 2016 [download audio] __________ Zeina Hashem Beck: “This poem is for Aleppo.” (website) Possibly Related: “Ya’aburnee” by Zeina Hashem Beck “This Country: Ghazal for Abdel Halim Hafez” by Zeina Hashem Beck 2016 Rattle Chapbook Prize Winner “Ghazal: Back Home” by Zeina Hashem Beck “My Pet Alien” by Dennis Caswell This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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