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| "INTIFADA" |
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| jannah |
| 02/03/01 at 18:12:40 |
| In detention in concentration camps we trade stories we take turns sharing the straw mat or a pencil we watch what crawls in and out of the sand As-Salamm'Alaykum The guards do not allow the blue woolen blanket my family traveled far to bring to this crepuscular and gelid cell where my still breathing infant son and I defy the purgatory implications of a state-created hell Wa'Alaikum As-Salam The village trembles from the heavy tanks that try to terrify the children: Everyday my little brother runs behind the rubble practicing the tactics of the stones against the rock In January soldiers broke his fingers one by one Time has healed his hands but not the fury Insha A'llah Close the villages Close the clinics Close the school Close the house Close the windows of the house Kill the vegetables languishing under the sun Kill the milk of the cows left to the swelling of pain Cut the electricity Cut the telephones Confine the people to the people Do Not Despair of the Mercy of Allah Fig trees will grow and oranges erupt from desert holdings on which plastic bullets (70% zinc, 20% glass, and 10% plastic) will prove blood soluble and fertilize the earth where sheep will graze and women no longer grieve and beat their breasts They will beat clean fine-woven rugs outside a house smelling of cinnamon and nutmeg Alhamdulilah So says IMAN the teacher of peace the shepherd on the mountain of the lamb the teacher of peace who will subdue the howling of the lion so that we may kneel as we must five times beginning just after dawn and ending just before dusk in the IBADAH of prayer. By June Jordan |
| NS |
| Re: "INTIFADA" |
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| Saleema |
| 02/05/01 at 12:39:37 |
| Asalam ualykum, beautiful wassalam |
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