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Telling The News If I see Ali’s wife If I see her If I could tell her but my brother Ali is dead Cry streaming like me
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— Doug et. al. ob.cit. ibid.
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I might hide my wet face
tell her later the news about
Basiji on motorcycles
those worse than
Janjaweed on Camels,
diligent spit with clubs and guns
I must not scream
above her wailing
the demonstration succeeded
turned back the Basiji
at Tehrananmen Square
I could whimper condolences
and the gush of blood on my clothes
makes me wail
in her presence
and in sickness
she vomits this morning
when everyone is crushed
(fiction)
—Douglas Gilbert
Books by Douglas Gilbert
