The End of the Argument
by Martina Reisz Newberry
Adam’s torso, it is said, was made from earth
taken from Babylonia. That may be,
but it’s all-fall-down time there now; it’s watch-out-
the-sky’s-on-fire time. The burquas are burning,
Ogals and gutrahs are birds escaping flames,
escaping smoke and gunfire. Kaffiyeh fly
as well, but not far. Ezekiel’s fire would
be a tender release compared to this
vestibule of pain. I watch humankind’s coil
unravel. War turns us to confetti,
rain on a dismal parade. The proud Duranni Empire is ash
and shadow. Our restoration promises
reek of braised flesh and singed hair.
The Quran spells out equality. I think it means that all
sweet souls, gender aside, may die the same deaths.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Hyperion, A Vision: Attempted Reconstruction Of The Poem poem – John Keats poems
- Two Wings by Ricardo Sternberg
- Николай Заболоцкий – Старость
- A Prayer For Old Age by William Butler Yeats
- Epistle To John Hamilton Reynolds poem – John Keats poems
- The Rear-Guard by Siegfried Sassoon
- Николай Заболоцкий – Ночное гулянье
- In Imitation of Spenser : The Alley poem – Alexander Pope
- Николай Глазков – Эрмитаж
- Владимир Корнилов – В Македонии
- Sobbing of The Bells, The. by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet 46: Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war by William Shakespeare
- That devil of a man
- Traveling Dream by Marge Piercy
- Wisteria by Philip Levine
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