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Ahmed Hamid Jelu, Exchange Rates I carry hot tea beats me as I run. with what Allah wills that whips my head back. Allah forgive me. I'm told my father that my punishment I earn back what's lost, I do not matter. that cuts into me Tareq watches Kids Swim in the Tigris We used to launch off on impact so legs the rough silted bed pushing past my lips, of compatriots attuned to pleasures was what disturbed me, pinpoints would attack David Allen Sullivan teaches literature and film at Cabrillo College, in Santa Cruz, California. His first book, Strong-Armed Angels, was published by Hummingbird Press, and two of its poems were read on The Writer's Almanac. Devil's Messengers—multiple voices dealing with the Iraq war—is forthcoming from Main Street Rag. contact |
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