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Ali Znaidi - 3 Poems

12/10/2013

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Picture
style
 
steel stylus
slits the stencil’s
skin
 
does it matter
 
the thought is stolen
,or original
 
what matters is style
 
      there are many mannequins
      on the podium
      but the graceful movements
      are a matter of style
 
that one
w/ a mole
under her
chin has
                   a special
style
 
Dismemberment
 
Dismemberment is not necessarily cutting
someone’s limbs off. || Dismemberment
sometimes happens when you feel on a limb
or when you feel as though you are in limbo.|| 
Outside. The intense coldness was functioning
as a sharp saw harvesting bones.||
 
When I turned home, I sat beside the fireplace.
Bit by bit, my phantom limbs were regained.
 
I wished every tramp could have
                                       a fireplace, ||too.||
 
‘Fireplace’ is a manifesto/a metaphor against
dismemberment.
Certainly, tramps need metaphors,    ||too.||
 
Arithmetic
 
Fear comes from arithmetic.
But we need calculation
to win the battle.
 
Imagine there was nothing
called arithmetic – how would
you count your sheep?
 
—How would you survive?
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