Between Two Rivers : Palash Mahmud
Between Two Rivers By Palash Mahmud A man in the force wrestlin’ into the blood of the boy he shot. The boy’s last breath crept down the stairs of the Turkish Restaurant Over the Sadoun street Immixin’ with the sodden pebbles of Tigris Euphrates. A woman on the Square Turnin’ into a Cypress tree Metamorphosed 500 bullets into redleaves Engravin’ the names of Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Alexander Ali. A goddess in a glazed brick Gatherin’ in a vigil with Dragon, Bull Lion. To find a way to drive away the smoke Of chaos, Rockin’ the cradle of civilization. To define freedom! The most romantic invention In space for whom we Swimin’ into The dialectical lake